Skycrane landing system
It does seem nuts to try this thing out on such an expensive piece of hardware. MSL would be safer in an airbag for the final drop.
Think of the military applications skycrane could have.
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- NASA’s Nuclear Focus Aimed At 2009 Mars Lander
- getting there will be half the fun
- Skycrane landing system
- It was very difficult scaling an airbag solution up to MER-size
- testability ( - is that a word?)
- Skycrane landing system
- getting there will be half the fun