Project Orion: Secret Mars Mission Powered by Nuclear Bombs

Project Orion was a Supper Heavy Lift Spacecraft intended to be directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the craft. This is a 10 Meter version with Eight astronauts, with around 100 tons of equipment and supplies, which could have made a round trip to Mars in 125 days. The biggest design is the “super“ Orion design; at 8 million tonnes, it could easily be a city. and yes there is no sound in space. Rocket launch sound from CocoaBeachProductions freesound: