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Re:Death of a Project (1965) by basicplus2 on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:35AM (#32862834)
This is the project that died...

Thermonuclear Micro-Bomb Rocket Propulsion

https://archive.org/details/DTIC_AD0746027

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Re:Death of a Project (1965) by Animats on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:47AM (#32863322)
Note that this is not fission-powered Orion. This is a cleaner He3 - D reaction which produces no neutrons. It's all charged particles, for which magnetic containment is potentially possible.
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