VaSIMR engine mod

[Joshua A.C. Newman]

Hey, has anyone made a VaSMIR engine? It's a big favorite of mine and it could become a practical replacement for KSP's NERVA.

The neat thing about it is that you can "gear" it for thrust or ISP, which means it could effectively act as two engines on vacuum-only spacecraft.

[problemecium]

This is included in Interstellar and I think also Near Future Propulsion.

[hoojiwana]

Near Future Propulsion as parameciumkid said as some, as well as many other electric engines, and the other Near Future mods are amazing for powering them.

[Joshua A.C. Newman]

Sweet! Thanks, Kerbs!

[Barefoot Friar]

Yeah, it's there. It uses a blue million kilowatts of electrical power, too. I built a ship to send to Moho that initially had something like 35,000 dv when I first started building. By the time I had included a nuke reactor (also from Near Future) to power the engine, it had dropped considerably. I began my transfer burn (after adding RCS, a lander, and all the various doo-dads and whatzits I needed) with around 8,000 dv. Still impressive, though.

[Guest]

NFP rules. Try it.