Warp speed Mr. Dyson

Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship is a new book by Freeman Dyson's son George. The 50s and 60s were a wacky time and it doesn't surprise me one bit that while people were drinking martinis, buying Saturn Lamps and doing the frug, Freeman Dyson and friends were attempting to build a nuclear powered space ship. It makes Arthur C. Clarke and Jules Verne seem even more clairvoyant than previously thought. The age of the atom may be coming back into vogue now too as Nevada has announced atomic test license plates to commemorate it's nuclear legacy.