Project Orion

Project Orion

Project Orion may refer to:

  • Project Orion (nuclear propulsion) was an engineering design study of spacecraft powered by nuclear pulse propulsion
  • Project Orion within the Constellation program to create the Orion (spacecraft) to replace the US Space Shuttle fleet
  • Project Orion is the name of one of several projects to build a laser broom for the International Space Station
  • Project Orion is an initiative organized by the Eclipse Foundation, to improve browser support for software development.

See also

  • Orion (disambiguation)

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