DSV-6 Odyssey

Year 23 Day 400 (Construction Update on Odyssey!)

sayburstuff Year 23 ,

DSV-6 Odyssey’s hull has been fully assembled, and its nuclear reactors have been integrated!

“Looking good everyone! The Nova Rocket is nearly complete too! This is gonna be one big rocket when it launches!”
-Gene, visiting the VAB floor where Odyssey is under construction

Despite its massive size Odyssey’s construction consists of several well tested components: The engines, reactors, and radiator assemblies are the same design as the Discovery and Horizon class DSVs.

The central fuel hull is the same octo-hull components that are used in the Refueling barges, and the cargo bay is an extended version of the existing Cargo Bays used in the Horizon DSVs! The only completely new component is the crew and command section!

Full system integration and testing should be done by the end of the year!  

Year 23, Day 331 (Next Generation “Odyssey” class Deep Space Vehicle Revealed!)

sayburstuff Year 23 ,

The Kerbal Space Exploration Administration is excited to announce construction has begun on largest spacecraft ever made: DSV-6 Odyssey!

Odyssey is powered by two Discovery-class nuclear reactors (the same design that has powered both Discovery and Horizon class Deep Space Vehicles) and has twice the number of engines as previous Deep Space Vehicles!

With extra fuel capacity, a larger cargo bay, more robust science and communication systems, Odyssey will be the most capable, powerful, and expensive craft ever made. Once construction is complete a Nova Rocket will deliver Odyssey to orbit!  Mission planners are excited to figure out Odyssey’s first destination!

The ship’s name was taken from a fragment of a story found on the OGER probe – something about going on a great adventure to a faraway place – it seemed appropriate!