# George Dyson on Project Orion

Author George Dyson spins the story of Project Orion, a massive, nuclear-powered spacecraft that could have taken us to Saturn in five years. His insider’s perspective and a secret cache of documents bring an Atomic Age dream to life.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2008
- Runtime: 8 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Science, Space, History
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/GeorgeDyson_2002)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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