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Project Orion in Science Fiction

Project Orion is one of the great might-have-beens of the space age, and it is therefore no surprise to see that it features in many science fiction and alternate history stories. Here are some videos/movies/TV programs featuring Orion
  • In early versions of the script for film, 2001 - A Space Odyssey, the spaceship Discovery was powered by atomic bombs like Project Orion. This idea was not depicted in the movie because of the difficulty of filming it, and because Stanley Kubrick was tired with nuclear weapons after making Doctor Strangelove.

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    2001: A Space Odyssey
    Featuring Keir Dullea & William Sylvester

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    • AudienceRating: G (General Audience)
    • Writers: Arthur Clarke, Stanley Kubrick
    • Director: Stanley Kubrick
    • Producer: Stanley Kubrick
    Actors:
    • Keir Dullea
    • Gary Lockwood
    • William Sylvester
    • Douglas Rain
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  • In the 1998 film, Deep Impact, the spaceship Messiah is said to be powered by an "Orion Drive".

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    Deep Impact
    Featuring Robert Duvall, Elijah Wood, Maximilian Schell, Leelee Sobieski & Ron Eldard

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    • AudienceRating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
    • Writers: Bruce Joel Rubin, Michael Tolkin
    • Director: Mimi Leder
    • Producers: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Steven Spielberg, Joan Bradshaw, Walter Parkes
    Actors:
    • Robert Duvall
    • Tea Leoni
    • Elijah Wood
    • Vanessa Redgrave
    • Maximilian Schell
    • Morgan Freeman
    • Leelee Sobieski
    • James Cromwell
    • Ron Eldard
    • Jon Favreau
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  • The Star Trek: The Original Series episode, For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky, features a hollow asteroid used as a generation ship, powered by "Orion class nuclear pulse engines".

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