Space Travel Update

at around evening time on Thursday, the 20th of September 2007 by Chad

The original Orion project was headed by Ted Taylor from General Atomics, who together with the famous physicist Freeman Dyson suggested ejecting nuclear explosives behind a spacecraft in order to propel it forward. The Mini-Mag system uses a magnetic field in order to trigger an explosion of compressed material in the form of small pellets weighing several grams. This explosion, although being significantly weaker than a nuclear explosion, creates plasma that is directed through a magnetic nozzle to generate vehicle thrust. The proposed technology enables the production of thrust at high efficiency, hopefully allowing drastic reduction of interplanetary travel time. According to calculations performed by AS&T, this type of propulsion system can produce the same thrust as the Space Shuttle Main Engine, with 50 times more efficiency.

Yeah, that’s pretty cool. But the coolest thing: There is a company that is still called General Atomics. Tell me that isn’t the most awesome name for a company ever. I’m a partner in Digital Labs, which is a pretty cool name. But nothing is cooler than General Atomics.