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Project Orion in Science Fiction
Project Orion is one of the great might-have-beens of the space age, and it is therefore no surprise to see that it features in many science fiction and alternate history stories. Here are some videos/movies/TV programs featuring Orion
- In early versions of the script for film, 2001 - A Space Odyssey,
the spaceship Discovery was powered by atomic bombs like Project
Orion. This idea was not depicted in the movie because of the difficulty
of filming it, and because Stanley Kubrick was tired with nuclear weapons
after making Doctor Strangelove.
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2001: A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray] Featuring Keir Dullea, Ed Bishop & Edwina Carroll
Warner Brothers
Released: 2007-10-23
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A space mission that could reveal man's destiny is jeopardized by a malfunctioning shipboard computer. A dazzling journey that tops them all -- and showed the way for other effects-packed films that followed.
- In the
1998
film, Deep Impact,
the spaceship Messiah is said to be powered by an
"Orion Drive".
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Deep Impact (Special Collector's Edition) Directed by Mimi Leder
Featuring Robert Duvall, Elijah Wood & Vanessa Redgrave
Paramount
Released: 2004-10-05
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In DEEP IMPACT, Leo Beiderman (Elijah Wood), joins a field study for his high school's Astronomy Club and discovers a new comet that unfortunately is headed for Earth. While scientists build a cave to prevent the extinction of the human race, they estimate that only 800,000 people can be selected to survive the "Deep Impact." The threat of a comet ending the world quickly sends Americans into a panic until the president announces a plan to send astronauts on a mission to destroy the comet before it reaches earth.
- The Star Trek: The Original Series episode, For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky, features a hollow asteroid used as a generation ship, powered by "Orion class nuclear pulse engines".