Has anyone ever read about this?
Thoughts?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Or ... ropulsion)
http://www.islandone.org/Propulsion/ProjectOrion.html
I'm in two minds about it, it seems like it could have been mans fast-track to the stars. My only real objections are that it hadn't ever been put to the test properly, and the information available about Orion seems too-good-to-be-true.