Mars Transfer vehicle "Odyssey" is preparing its final checks for its month long burn to mars using it 6x NERVA engines. Will be reaching the red planet in 9 months time. There they will board the MADV "Pioneer" currently in parking orbit above mars to descend to surface.
Truthful?
imagine not just sending a colony mission to Deimos
>>16980294I put a safety feature that allows the ejection of the NERVA engine cluster in case of the meltdown four superdraco aps is all they have after wards.
>>16980294So the power system of odyssey are firstly the reactors from the NERVA clusters, auxillary fuel cells, lastly the solar panels. In case of reactor meltdown the safety procedure is the complete ejection of the nerva propulsion unit and the craft have rely on four super dracos for course corrections they are in the free earth trajectory so its safe.
wait i just realized that OP's pic doesn't match what he's saying; those look like RS-25s not NERVAs
>>16980188Imagine going through all the work to build this shit and you still have parts clipping