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So I recently got interstellar extended and have been messing around with the giant engines, which got me thinking about mega ships. By this don't mean star destroyers or enterprises. I mean like the 2001 space odyssey Discovery one or the endurance from interstellar. Has anyone built ships that big and And had a successful mission with them? If so, what is your preferred design tactic? Launching method? Mission goal?

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11 minutes ago, ArmchairPhysicist said:

By this don't mean star destroyers or enterprises. I mean like the 2001 space odyssey Discovery one or the endurance from interstellar

That distinction makes as much sense to me as blue size VS red size. 

Anyways,  people build big vessels (e.g. 100 kerbals to Layte).  Personally I prefer smaller ones. 

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SSTO without airbreating parts and with ISRU is how I like to do it. Mammoth and NERV are your friends in this case, the mammoth has the highest TWR and specific impulse at sea level, the NERV has the highest specific impulse in vacuum (that can refuel from an ISRU).

If you can get to Minimus then you can pretty much go anywhere.

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