2001: All Things related to 2001: A Space Odyssey Film

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Source: Rhys Taylor

Discovery using a Orion nuclear pulse drive

During the early design phase of 2001 : A Space Odyssey, the idea was floated that the ship's nuclear propulsion should be somewhat more explcit than what eventually made it onto the silver screen. Specifically, the ship would have had an Orion nuclear pulse drive, probelling itself by detonating nuclear warheads (a.k.a. "pulse units") a few hundred meters behind it. There's a detailed write-up on my blog.

[Silver Fox]

Very plausible

[GTX_Admin]

I recently read a good book on the Orion concept - very interesting:

[elmayerle]

One of Robert Forward's more interesting efforts.  I would have loved to have seen that properly portrayed on the big screen (of course, Hollywood and "accurate portrayal" are almost completely opposite terms, but...).

[jcf]

Forward? Orion wasn't one of his, that was Ulam and Everett's concept developed by Ted Taylor and Freeman Dyson et al.

[elmayerle]

*slaps forehead* Oops, begging y'all's pardon, I did mis-remember what name was associated with Orion.

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Now this is cool. Click on image to enlarge.



Source: Facebook 3D Sci-Fi Renders January 11
 

[GTX_Admin]

 :)

[The Big Gimper]

Aries trans-lunar shuttle. Space Station V has two docking bays on either side of the rotational axis of the station. We did not see the lunar shuttle side in the movie.



Source: Chris Hicks on Facebook

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Source: Chris Hicks on Facebook

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More fan art. Click to enlarge.

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[The Big Gimper]

This is not the 1/72 CultTVMan Orion but a good reference for a cargo version in 1/144 (Stargazer models).

Kit built by John Payne.

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More photos here: http://www.inpayne.com/models/scifi/stargazer-orion2a.html

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