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    a nuclear bomb could power a rocket?

    Sep 30, 2020 2 minutes

    AEROSPACE Controlled explosion of small nuclear bombs could very likely launch a rocket into space. In the early 1960s, the US was working on Project Orion which was aiming to use small atomic bombs to propel huge spacecraft.

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