Robert Christy - What was Project Orion? (18/20)
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Channel: Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People · 2017 · Science & Technology
To hear more of Robert Christy’s stories, go to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeQDuu3mGtE&list=PLVV0r6CmEsFyeOKI21OdxEh1TgQlnJ_Uj Robert Christy (1916-2012) was an American theoretical physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos to develop the first atomic bomb during World War II. Also a member of the unsuccessful Project Orion, Christy was a former president of Caltech. Listener: Christopher Sykes
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