Enzmann starships are concepts for a crewed interstellar spacecraft by Dr. Robert Enzmann. In the original design proposed in 1964, a three million ton ball of frozen deuterium would fuel nuclear fusi
Balloon satellite under test. A balloon built in space was to serve as Enzmann's fuel tank.
A starship, starcraft, or interstellar spacecraft is a theoretical spacecraft designed for traveling between planetary systems. The term is mostly found in science fiction. Reference to a "star-ship"
Enzmann starship
…Enzmann starships are concepts for a crewed interstellar spacecraft by Dr. Robert Enzmann. In the original design proposed in 1964, a three million ton ball of frozen deuterium would fuel nuclear fusion rocket engines…
An updated version (NASA, 1999) of the Project Orion by the United States government (1958–1965). It was the earliest scaled project developing a concept for a spaceship with a propulsion, of fission pulses, that was to be capable to transport humans light years within hundreds of years instead of thousands.
Artist's conception of British Interplanetary Society's Project Daedalus (1978), a fusion powered interstellar probe
Artist's depiction of a hypothetical Wormhole Induction Propelled Spacecraft, based loosely on the 1994 "warp drive" paper of Miguel Alcubierre
The filming model of the 288.6 metres (947 ft) long starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) from the Star Trek: The Original Series television show. The model was donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1974, where it is on public display.