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Project Orion (other)
Project Orion may refer to: * Project Orion (nuclear propulsion), a U.S. Air Force study for a nuclear-powered spacecraft * Orion (laser), built in the UK to research thermonuclear explosions * Orion (spacecraft) Orion (Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or Orion MPCV) is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used in NASA's Artemis program. The spacecraft consists of a Crew Module (CM) space capsule designed by Lockheed Martin that is paired with a Eu ..., part of NASA's Artemis program * Project Orion, the code name for the sequel to the video game '' Cyberpunk 2077'' See also * Orion (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Orion (nuclear Propulsion)
Project Orion was a study conducted in the 1950s and 1960s by the United States Air Force, DARPA, and NASA into the viability of a nuclear pulse spaceship that would be directly propelled by a series of atomic explosions behind the craft. Following preliminary ideas in the 1940s, and a classified paper co-authored by physicist Stanisław Ulam in 1955, ARPA agreed to sponsor and fund the program in July 1958. Early versions of the vehicle were designed for ground launch, but later versions were intended for use only in space. The design effort took place at General Atomics in San Diego, and supporters included Wernher von Braun, who issued a white paper advocating the idea. NASA also created a Mars mission profile based on the design, proposing a 125 day round trip carrying eight astronauts with a predicted development cost of $1.5 billion. Non-nuclear tests were conducted with models, with the most successful test occurring in late 1959, but the project was ultimately ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orion (laser)
The Orion Laser Facility (also known as the Orion Laser) is a high power laser facility based at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) on the former RAF Aldermaston site in the United Kingdom. Construction of Orion began in 2006 and its first shot was fired in 2010. The building houses a large neodymium glass laser system and a target chamber, and it is the biggest experimental facility of high-energy density physics in the UK. Orion delivers 10 "long-pulse" one-nanosecond duration beams and two petawatt (PW) "short-pulse" 0.5 picosecond duration beams. The facility also provides a comprehensive suite of optical, particle, and x-ray plasma diagnostics to understand the plasma conditions created through the laser interaction. 4. Hopps, Nicholas et al. “Comprehensive description of the Orion laser facility”, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 57(06402) (2015) Orion plays a key role in AWE’s core mission to support the safety, reliability and performance of nuclear warhead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orion (spacecraft)
Orion (Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or Orion MPCV) is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used in NASA's Artemis program. The spacecraft consists of a Crew Module (CM) space capsule designed by Lockheed Martin that is paired with a European Service Module (ESM) manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space. Capable of supporting a crew of four beyond low Earth orbit, Orion can last up to 21 days undocked and up to six months docked. It is equipped with solar panels, an automated docking system, and glass cockpit interfaces. Orion is launched atop a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with a tower launch escape system. Orion was conceived in the early 2000s by Lockheed Martin as a proposal for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) to be used in NASA's Constellation program and was selected by NASA in 2006. Following the cancellation of the Constellation program in 2010, Orion was extensively redesigned for use in NASA's Journey to Mars initiative; later named Moon to Mars. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyberpunk 2077
''Cyberpunk 2077'' is a 2020 action role-playing game developed by CD Projekt Red and published by CD Projekt. Based on Mike Pondsmith's ''Cyberpunk (role-playing game), Cyberpunk'' tabletop game series, the plot is set in the fictional metropolis of Night City, California, within the Utopian and dystopian fiction, dystopian ''Cyberpunk'' universe. The player assumes the role of V (voiced by Gavin Drea or Cherami Leigh), a mercenary who gets reluctantly imbued with a cybernetic "bio-chip" containing an Engram (neuropsychology), engram of legendary rockstar and terrorist Johnny Silverhand (voiced by Keanu Reeves). As Johnny's consciousness begins overwriting V's own, the two must work together to separate from each other and save V's life. The game's development began following the release of ''The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine'' (2016). The game was developed by a team of around 500 people using the REDengine 4 game engine. CD Projekt launched a new division in Wrocł ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
