NASA need not fear powered descent anymore !

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NASA need not fear powered descent anymore !

Raoul — 5/26/2008 8:54:33 PM (archived)

Important for MSL ! It's been 32 years since NASA last landed a spacecraft with engines (Vikings) and it's the first successful one with high Delta V (coming from a solar orbit and not Mars orbit).

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The new neighborhood - TB - 5/26/2008 2:10:30 AM
- The MERs have spoiled me. - REB - 5/27/2008 1:02:08 PM
- NASA need not fear powered descent anymore ! - Raoul - 5/26/2008 8:54:33 PM
  - NASA's Motto: "We can now do what we did a generation ago!" (n/t) - phil - 6/1/2008 11:54:44 AM
  - Scared the heck outa me ;-) (n/t) - McFly - 5/27/2008 2:44:58 AM
    - 600 meters, 500 meters, 400 meters... - Lee - 5/27/2008 7:36:21 AM
- attn Mars Experts - JEKing - 5/26/2008 7:40:07 PM
  - I'm not a Mars Expert.. - Doug Ellison - 5/27/2008 11:02:45 AM
    - Frost - TB - 5/27/2008 4:44:13 PM
      - re: Frost - JEKing - 5/27/2008 6:36:43 PM
        
        Various coverage of the mission has touched on this topic. - alcaray - 5/27/2008 9:36:47 PM
  - sort of - alcaray - 5/27/2008 12:32:52 AM
  - "Do you anticipate that in a few months Phoenix will be encased in a block of frozen carbon dioxide".... DOH!!!! - Mars Expert - 5/27/2008 12:08:33 AM
  - surely you jest.... (n/t) - et - 5/26/2008 8:53:40 PM
    - Wow, guys, you sure are polite - Socrates II - 5/27/2008 1:15:47 PM
      - ¨Three Feet¨ - nick hoffman - 5/28/2008 9:11:22 AM
        
        re: ?Three Feet? - Socrates II - 5/28/2008 1:37:36 PM
      - re: Wow, guys, you sure are polite - JEKing - 5/27/2008 6:51:12 PM
        
        Always Question Authority - Socrates II - 5/27/2008 7:27:23 PM
- Live from Paris, too! - Raoul - 5/26/2008 7:13:20 PM
- Odd - Lee - 5/26/2008 5:46:06 AM
  - re: Odd - TB - 5/26/2008 3:41:40 PM
    - re: Odd - Marcia - 5/26/2008 7:02:48 PM
      - re: Concern: Arm biobarrier cover. - Marcia - 5/26/2008 7:30:56 PM
  - I wish Phoenix had wheels! (n/t) - nick hoffman - 5/26/2008 7:45:24 AM
    - The rovers have spoiled us. - Lee - 5/26/2008 5:25:46 PM
    - I'll have what he's having. - et - 5/26/2008 8:04:28 AM
      - Didn't the original plan for this kind of lander... - Socrates II - 5/27/2008 1:20:38 PM
- re: The new neighborhood - Raoul - 5/26/2008 5:36:09 AM
  - Does It Resemble The Earth's Sea Floor? - Marsby - 5/31/2008 2:55:44 PM
  - As I downloaded Raoul's post over my very slow dial-up connection I could only think of one thing... - TAFKASE - 5/26/2008 5:53:45 PM
- "magnificent desolation" (n/t) - ER - 5/26/2008 2:35:19 AM
  - "pretentious polygonalism"? (n/t) - et - 5/26/2008 7:58:29 AM

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