It is also difficult to extract useful power from a nuclear bomb, although at least one rocket propulsion system, Project Orion, was intended to work by exploding fission bombs behind a massively padded and shielded spacecraft.
Det er også vanskeligt at uddrage nyttig effekt fra et kernevåben, selv om mindst et raket fremdrifts-system, kaldet projekt Orion skulle virke ved at fissionsbomber eksploderede bag et massivt skærmet rumfartøj.