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Unlike its smaller, chemical-rocket cousins, the is not designed to land on planets. Instead, it functions as a cycler—a permanent ship that shuttles between orbits, using smaller shuttles to ferry cargo and crew to planetary surfaces. This orbital-only design allows the Starship Titus to be built in space, using materials harvested from asteroids and the Moon, avoiding the gravitational well of Earth entirely.

Chemical engines are useless for a ship the size of the . Instead, engineers have proposed a deuterium-helium-3 fusion reactor. This engine produces thrust by ejecting superheated plasma through magnetic nozzles. The specific impulse of this drive is measured in millions of seconds, allowing the Starship Titus to accelerate continuously for months, reaching a cruising speed of 5% the speed of light. At such velocities, a trip to Saturn takes weeks, not years. starship titus