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For non-manned launches and those that can be hardened to withstand extraordinary g-force, something akin to setup that resulted in the missing (900 kg) borehole cap of Operation Plumbbob may do the trick.

Acceleration to 66 km/s is probably a little bit overkill, even.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob



Orion drive should work fine.




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