It's nothing like Orion.

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Lee — 12/4/2008 12:47:11 PM (archived)

From the article, it appears to be a one shot deal. The lasers powering it are destroyed shortly after ignition. It hardly seems worthwhile to go through all the trouble and money to build such a device.

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Deuterium Micro-Bomb propulsion - Adam - 12/3/2008 4:32:51 AM
- Project Orion rises from the ashes! (n/t) - Laurie Street - 12/3/2008 4:41:33 PM
  - It's nothing like Orion. - Lee - 12/4/2008 12:47:11 PM
- re: Deuterium Micro-Bomb propulsion - gbaikie - 12/3/2008 7:38:05 AM
- Seems cumbersome for a space based application. (n/t) - et - 12/3/2008 5:04:58 AM
  - Is it terribly different in principle from using expendable rockets? - Socrates II - 12/4/2008 2:34:30 PM
    - Yes. Heavier, less thrust, and oh yea more expensive. (n/t) - et - 12/4/2008 6:33:17 PM
      - But you forgot one thing - Socrates II - 12/5/2008 2:41:42 PM

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