http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propulsion%29
Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)
Project Orion was the first engineering design study of a spacecraft powered by nuclear pulse propulsion
Reaction mass for Orion would have been built into the bombs or dropped between 'pulses' to provide thrust.
The smallest 4000 ton model planned for ground launch from Jackass Flats, Nevada had each blast add 30 mph (50 km/h) to the craft's velocity. A graphite based oil was to be sprayed on the pusher plate before each explosion to prevent ablation of the pusher plate. This sequence would be repeated thousands of times, like an atomic pogo stick.
Orion's potential performance was stunning, at least compared to today's chemical or even other nuclear designs. Jerry Pournelle, who is acquainted with the project and its ex-team leader Freeman Dyson, has been quoted as saying that a single mission could have provided us with a large permanent moon base.[citation needed] Alternatively an Orion could reach Pluto and return to Earth inside of a year. Single stage to Mars and back also seemed to be possible.[citation needed]
If each pulse adds 30 miles per hour to the Orion spaceship and 60 pulse occur in 1 minute then the Orion ship would have an additional 1,800 miles per hour of velocity after those 60 pulses.
30 miles per hour X 60 ( 1 pulse per second ) for 1 minute = 1,800 miles per hour
(30 miles per hour X 60 ( 1 pulse per second )) X 60 minutes = 108,000 miles per hour of additional velocity for the Orion ship.
The Orion ship would be traveling with an additional 108,000 miles per hour of velocity if the Orion nuclear pulse propulsion system expends 1 nuclear pulse charge for each 1 second of 1 hour with the assumption that each pulse charge adds 30 mph of velocity to the Orion spaceship.
From 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept Comet Lucifer in the outer solar system ) to 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe and the Saturn moon Phoebe territory belongs to me ) is: 218 days
868,950,885 miles average of distance Earth-Saturn on 11/2/1975 and 6/7/1976
868,950,885 miles divided by 218 days = 3,986,013 miles per day average from 11/2/1975 to 6/7/1976
3,986,013 miles per day divided by 24 hours per day = 166,083 miles per hour average from 11/2/1975 to 6/7/1976
From 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept Comet Lucifer in the outer solar system ) to 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on planet Mars and my documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of planet Mars ) is: 80 days
66,045,101 miles miles average of distance Earth-Mars on 11/2/1975 and 1/21/1976
66,045,101 miles divided by 80 days = 825,563 miles per day
825,563 miles per day divided by 24 hours per day = 34,398 miles per hour average speed from Earth-Mars between 11/2/1975 and 1/21/1976
http://www.cswap.com/1990/Total_Recall/cap/en/2_Parts/a/00_18
Total Recall
:18:41
Listen to me.
He's been going on and on about Mars.
:18:44
- He has really been there.
- Use your head.
:18:47
He's just acting out the "secret agent"
portion of his ego trip.
:18:50
- That's not possible.
- Why not?
:18:52
We haven't implanted it yet.
:18:58
Oh, shit.
:19:00
I've been trying to tell you,
someone has erased his memory.
:19:04
Excuse me.
:19:05
"Someone"?
:19:07
We're talking about the Agency.
From 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe and the Saturn moon Phoebe territory belongs to me ) to 6/1/1990 ( premiere US film "Total Recall" ) is 13 years, 359 days
'1-33-59' ( my birth date US )
From 12/25/1968 ( I was Apollo 8 spacecraft astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) To 6/1/1990 ( premiere US film "Total Recall" ) is 7828 days
7828 = 3914 + 3914
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) To 11/19/1969 ( I was Apollo 12 Intrepid astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) is 3914 days
From 4/20/1972 ( I was Apollo 16 Orion astronaut landing on Earth's moon ) To 6/1/1990 ( premiere US film "Total Recall" ) is 6616 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) To 4/14/1977 ( I returned to Earth after successfully diverting the comet in the outer solar system ) is 6616 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/
Total Recall (1990)
Release Date: 1 June 1990 (USA)
Tagline: They stole his mind, now he wants it back.
Plot Outline: When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real, or does he?
From 5/12/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy aviator ) to 7/27/1990 ( premiere UK movie "Total Recall" )(Friday) is: 9207 days
9207 = 1 + 4603 + 4603
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 4603 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/releaseinfo
Release dates for
Total Recall (1990)
UK 27 July 1990
From 4/30/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) to 3/20/1989 ( filming begins 1990 movie "Total Recall" ) is: 3 days, 359 weeks
'33-59' ( my birth date US )
From 6/12/1968 ( ) to 3/20/1989 ( filming begins 1990 movie "Total Recall" ) is: 7586 days
7586 = 3793 + 3793
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 7/21/1969 ( I was Apollo 11 Eagle astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) is: 3793 days
From 10/11/1968 ( I was Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut ) to 3/20/1989 ( filming begins 1990 movie "Total Recall" ) is: 7465 days
7465 = 1 + 3732 + 3732
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes degree as medical doctor ) is: 3732 days
http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=31569
Total Recall (1990)
Completed shooting August 23, 1989.
Began shooting March 20, 1989.
From 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) to 9/18/2001 ( Released in USA on DVD 1990 movie "Total Recall" ) is: 10367 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 7/21/1987 ( formal wedding ceremony for my wife Phoebe and me ) is: 10367 days
From 4/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 spacecraft Columbia ) to 9/18/2001 ( Released in USA on DVD 1990 movie "Total Recall" ) is: 7464 days
7464 = 3732 + 3732
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes degree as medical doctor ) is: 3732 days
http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=31569
Total Recall (1990)
Released in USA on DVD September 18, 2001.
Set in the year 2084, a man goes to Mars via a memory implant and discovers the truth about himself.
In the future, a man experiences a memeory transplant and is hunted by killers who think he is a spy with the secrets to free Mars and its citizens.
