I first heard about Project Orion in college when I read John McPhee's "The Curve of Binding Energy. Launching 200-ton spaceships by dropping atomic bombs out of the bottom. Oh man!
Jerry Pournelle, who is still a supporter of it, once wrote a novel, "King David's Spaceship," about it.
If we had gone with it, we'd have colonies on the Moon...Mars...spacestations. But as usual, the people in the government are idiots.
Posted by Bob Wallace, who is still annoyed he has no flying car and a blaster.
Search Maps for my blog and I found your blog. I love maps and cartography. But I really love the irony is that there may be in the maps. The images or words that go beyond what they represent. Or things that come and one day it disappeared. Or the history of peoples. I write from Barcelona, Catalonia, and I like your blog. The story smaller. Or the biggest change. A bit of this and madness. Quit thinking about your blog that I made a good discovery. Thank you and good luck.
jordi francesch
http://cartografic.wordpress.com/
Posted by: jordi francesch | Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 11:18 AM