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What other actions were scientists so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn't stop to think if they should? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'm amazed that Project Orion went on as long as it did.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That link doesn't work for me, so incase anyone has the same issue... [Project Orion](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion))

Trick is to add a backslash before the two closing brackets, like this: