starship
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thumb|upright=1.3|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.]]
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- Research
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- Theoretical possibilities
- Fictional examples
- Individual ships
- Groups of ships
- See also
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thumb|upright=1.3|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.]]
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" are found as early as 1882 in Oahspe: A New Bible.
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