Universe University

Since the dawn of the space age, the governments and militaries of the world have prepared for war in outer space: from the early days of the Cold War to America's Air Force in the 21st century... from anti-satellite weapons to Soviet military space stations. One military space vehicle was even designed that could carry human beings to the stars... or annihilate the entire human race. For listener questions and comments, email us here: show@universeuniversity.space PHOTO CAPTION: Sketch of a Project Orion spacecraft *REFERENCES: * "Astrospies" NOVA, 2008 (Documentary) "Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship" By George Dyson *MUSIC: * "Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Not As It Seems" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Ossuary 1 - A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License