General Atomic consider the "Jackass Flats" as Launch site for a ground Start Orion
Ironic later AEC tested there NERVA engines here.
Also consider General Atomic Orion launch from swimming platforms
For most Lofter proposal (USAF) and Orbital assembly Orion (NASA)
consider existing launch...
Lockheed Martin is looking at converting Orion for cargo supply to the Moon and Mars.
Exploring Commercial Services for Orion
Video and Article:
Sep 9, 2025
The Orion spacecraft is the only exploration-class vehicle designed and built to take humans to the Moon, Mars and beyond. As NASA’s...
The announcement in the original post led to an ESA-NASA agreement where ESA supplies an ATV-derived service module for the Orion capsule.
Orion is being developed for long-duration trips, while the Commercial Crew (CCtCap) contracts are for short-duration ISS ferry flights. It is unlikely...
...flat budgets.
Scroll down to “parachute test failures”
He conveniently left out how Airborne Systems produced parachutes for Dragon and Orion both—and how both Orion flights came down with functioning parachutes...
Nice article with the screenshots from the video of a (very) scaled down Orion model:
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/10/project-orion-powered-by-atomic-bomb.html
But of course.
Currently a toss up between X-20 and 10-meter Orion as to which one comes first. likely Orion, since I need to make Orion drawings form issue 4 of APR. Might as well use that opportunity as a test case.
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