The primary way to steer one of these ships is the same way you steer a standard rocket engine in space: Use small reaction thrusters or gyroscopes to spin the ship around so you can apply thrust in the desired direction. You stop by pointing the "back end" forward and aplying thrust in a direction oposed to your current motion.
Of course, this is a little trickier with the Orion than with a rocket, in that you have to be careful not to spin around in such a way that you might expose some part of the ship other than the big armored plate to a blast or the lingering effects thereof.
As an additional note, using this propultion system would probably mean that these folks are better than anyone else at making fission/fusion bombs and warheads, since they get so much practice and use them regularly even when not using them ON someone.
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No, I don't believe the world has gone mad. In order for it to go mad it would need to have been sane at some point.
Of course, this is a little trickier with the Orion than with a rocket, in that you have to be careful not to spin around in such a way that you might expose some part of the ship other than the big armored plate to a blast or the lingering effects thereof.
As an additional note, using this propultion system would probably mean that these folks are better than anyone else at making fission/fusion bombs and warheads, since they get so much practice and use them regularly even when not using them ON someone.
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No, I don't believe the world has gone mad. In order for it to go mad it would need to have been sane at some point.