Spaceships Powered by Nukes

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · 1:09

1,258,462 views · 52,414 likes · Mar 23, 2026

What if we powered a spaceship with nuclear bombs? Great Question! Project Orion proposed detonating thousands of nukes behind a spacecraft to push it across the solar system.

#kurzgesagt
#inanutshell #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #learnwithshorts #science #projectorion #nukes #spaceship #rocketfuel

Sources & further reading:
https://sites.google.com/view/kgs-tiktok-sources

Follow us for more scien…

What if we powered a spaceship with nuclear bombs? Great Question! Project Orion proposed detonating thousands of nukes behind a spacecraft to push it across the solar system.

#kurzgesagt
#inanutshell #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #learnwithshorts #science #projectorion #nukes #spaceship #rocketfuel

Sources & further reading:
https://sites.google.com/view/kgs-tiktok-sources

Follow us for more scien…

Watch this and more from Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell on Playtoob — no recommendations, no algorithm, just the channels you choose.