• Bimfred@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Ion and plasma drives. They’re electric and work very well. All the thrust of a hefty fart, but high specific impulse allows them to burn for a long time, so they’re great for maneuvering in the vacuum.

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        2 days ago

        But exactly because of that, they don’t have yeet. Long periods of low thrust are great for long duration missions, like satellites, stations and interplanetary probes, awful for a TLI burn.

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          Also, is a bit more complicated to use in kerbal, because the manoeuvring node expects strong instantaneous impulse.