After Starship had been proven too unreliable for human spaceflight and was relegated to cargo hauling duties, NASA, JAXA, ESA and CSA formed a collaboration with the ultimate goal of establishing a reliable connection between Earth and Mars. One of the products of such a collaboration was a system designed to put humans onto a ballistic trajectory from the Martian surface, creatively named the Mars Ascent Vehicle. It is powered by methalox fuel, produced locally by the Sabatier reaction. It features a 2.5 stage design, previously seen on Atlas missiles: a core sustainer motor is flanked by multiple jettisonable boosters, where all engines draw fuel from the central tank. This design provides incredibly high fuel efficiency, while still having a lot of thrust on takeoff.
GENERAL INFO
- Created On: Windows
- Game Version: 1.3.204.1
- Price: $7,567k
- Number of Parts: 63
- Dimensions: 14 m x 10 m x 8 m
PERFORMANCE
- Total Delta V: 5.9km/s
- Total Thrust: 1.3MN
- Engines: 8
- Wet Mass: 70,863kg
- Dry Mass: 13,631kg
STAGES
| Stage | Engines | Delta V | Thrust | Burn | Mass |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 3.1km/s | 1.3MN | 1.6m | 70,863kg |
| 3 | 1 | 2.8km/s | 47kN | 9.4m | 14,020kg |
