Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket

A Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket Drive (VASIMR) is a kind of Maneuver Drive used on vessels.

• VASIMR is sometimes referred to as the Electro-thermal Plasma Thruster or Electro-thermal Magnetoplasma Rocket.
• They are also commonly called Relativistic Drives or Reaction Drives among other terms.
• It is a kind of Ship Equipment.

Description (Specifications)

It is an electrothermal thruster used in spacecraft propulsion. It uses radio waves to ionize and heat a propellant. Then a magnetic field accelerates the resulting plasma to generate thrust (plasma propulsion engine).

• It is one of several types of spacecraft electric propulsion systems.

STL Drive Specifications

STL Drive Specifications (Starship Propulsion)

Category	Specifications	Remarks
Name	Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR)	TBD
Drive Type	TBD	TBD
Velocity	TBD	TBD
Duration	TBD	TBD
Hazards	TBD	TBD
Physical Constraints	TBD	TBD
Geometry	TBD	TBD
Levels	TBD	TBD
Entry	TBD	TBD
Exit	TBD	TBD
Fuel	TBD	TBD
Resource Requirements	TBD	TBD
Inventor	TBD	TBD
Characteristics	TBD	TBD

History & Background (Dossier)

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References & Contributors (Sources)

This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Variable_Specific_Impulse_Magnetoplasma_Rocket. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. The text of Wikipedia is available under the Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Loren Wiseman. "Sublight Drives." Challenge 72 (1994): TBD.
• Charles E. Gannon. Hard Times (Game Designers Workshop, 1991), 84.
• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Fire, Fusion, & Steel (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), 72-73.
• Don Perrin. Starships (Imperium Games, 1996), 71.
• David Golden, Guy Garnett. Fire, Fusion & Steel (Imperium Games, 1997), 65.
• Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 328-331.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science