[DEVTHREAD] Deep Space Exploration Vessels
This is the dev thread for DSEV. The release thread can be found here.
The Deep Space Exploration Vessels (DSEV) mod is inspired by numerous NASA studies on deep space exploration.
Acknowledgements
Module Manager by ialdabaot
Community Resource Pack by RoverDude, Nertea, and the KSP community
Portions of this codebase include source by Snjo and Swamp-IG, used under CC BY-NC SA 4.0 license
Modular Fuel Tanks MM configs by Kolago.
CrossFeedEnabler by NathanK
My brain has been flying on this fusion engine... I am really digging the hybrid dual mode concept. Basically, a fusion thermal rocket combined with a pulsed plasma rocket. I'm looking at creating fusion pellet fuel tanks (the engine has small fusion pellet tanks built in as well), and a support module that's a truss structure of some sort. The pellet tanks will have built-in heat radiators to keep the pellets cool and to shed some of the engine's waste heat. Here's where I'm going with it: