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Hello, me again. the L-5 addon is in Limbo....

however another add-on that i have been working on is near completion.
IF you are Familiar with Freeman Dysons work on a nuclear pulse drive, then you know what Orion is.
for those that don't, Imagine a space craft propelled by a continues stream of nuclear detonations...
here is a web site related to it.http://projectorion.proboards28.com/index.cgi
http://www.bookcloseouts.com/default.asp?R=0805072845B

I designed this Orion with information compiled by Dyson and some info from Dr jerry Pournell.
This ship represents what a 80meter orion might look like in the mid 80's.



please feedback is welcome.

nice!

That looks like the Michael, from Footfall, by Niven and Pournelle, in many ways.
A lovely ship.

The hemispherical pusher plate is inspired by the Snout busting ship from footfall.

OMG this looks awesome.

Wait till you see the next one i have coming up....
I'm doing a Orion that was designed by Dyson to be launched on a Saturn V and make a 167 round trip flight to mars and back.

Also, Von Braun's 1952 designs for a mars mission, as published in Colliers magazine.