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“Despite the soundness of the science, Project Orion was morally difficult for many to get behind. “The idea isn’t crazy; the idea that we might do it is crazy,” physicist and author Arthur C. Clarke said of Project Orion.”

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Sidney Hall, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsOrion as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London c.1825

Sidney Hall, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Orion as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London c.1825

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