KSI Valkyrie
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Valkyrie was Karigo's first interplanetary spacecraft, designed for the KSI Mars I mission. The vehicle was a Vertical Take off, Horizontal-Landing, Horizontal Takeoff, Horizontal Landing ship, or VTO/HL/HTO/HL(See: Mission Profile for details]]), and designed to be mostly reusable. It was also the first ship to employ the nuclear engine pioneered by Karigo.
Design
The Valkyrie employs a double-delta, swept-wing design for maximum stability and lift. The bottom employs an active, liquid-gas fueled heat shield that allows it to withstand atmospheric entry at massive speed.
Engine
The engine is based on a nuclear saltwater rocket. In principle, water, containing dissolved salts of uranium fuel.
