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Space/Science » in reply to The Russians are returning....to ther Moon, likely next year.

Penetrators and landers

Since this mission includes a soft landing module, the option is there to release the penetrators after most of the velocity has been scrubbed off, so they will not neccesarily be the high velocity/high risk type that failed on Mars.

The Wiki entry is short on detail, however, and it's not clear what the exact plan is...

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