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Pulsed Fission - Project Orion
The third idea for harnessing nuclear fission for space travel is by detonating nuclear bombs to provide propulsion. This idea is more commonly referred to as a nuclear pulse rocket and was conceived in 1955 under the title Project Orion, which ran through the 1950's and into the 1960's. The objective of the project was to send a manned mission to Mars.