Code Name Project Orion (film)

History Undercover - Code Name Project Orion (History Channel)
Genre	Documentary film
Written by	John Ketcham
Narrated by	Arthur Kent
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	One-episode (about 45 minutes)
Production
Producer(s)	John Ketcham
Editor(s)	Michael Gionis, Penny Lee
Running time	45 minutes
Distributor	History
Release
Original release	1999 (1999)
External links
Website

History Undercover: Code Name Project Orion is a 1999 History documentary film about Project Orion.

The feature briefly covers the scientists and engineers who wanted to build a nuclear bomb-powered spaceship to visit Mars and Saturn.

The 45 minute TV film was written by John Ketcham.

Participants

The documentary film is narrated by Arthur Kent and includes the following participants (alphabetized by last name):

• Jaromir Astl (Explosives Engineer)
• Brian Dunne (Physicist)
• Freeman Dyson (Theoretical Physicist)
• Arthur Kent (narrator)
• Theodore B. Taylor (Leader, Project Orion)

See also

• History of the anti-nuclear movement
• History of nuclear weapons
• International Atomic Energy Agency
• International Day against Nuclear Tests
• List of nuclear tests
• List of nuclear weapons
• Manhattan Project

External links

• History Undercover: Code Name Project Orion at IMDb.