English Explanatory Dictionary

Orion drive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A theoretical means to propel spacecraft through space, by detonating nuclear bombs behind the spaceship and riding the nuclear explosions that push against the rear mounted pusher plate.
  2. An engine using such a method.

Word forms

Orion drive Orion drives

Etymology

From Orion + drive, since it originated from Project Orion, a U.S. government study from the 1950s.

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