Exactly!

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Exactly!

Raoul — 8/22/2009 9:49:38 AM (archived)

No one knows how to land a 60 tons spacecraft on Mars when it has to slow down from 19,000 km/h to 0 km/h in an atmosphere as thin as Mars' with winds that can suddenly substantially increase or decrease the atmospheric pressure by a far greater margin than on Earth.

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Why is Mars so hard to get to - Raoul - 8/18/2009 9:29:23 PM
- 2 reasons - E.P. - 8/19/2009 5:29:53 PM
- JO Admits to a Change of Opinion on ISS - Marsby - 8/18/2009 9:40:43 PM
  - Move ISS's Orbit - phil - 8/22/2009 5:48:25 PM
  - I know the gov has done some pretty boneheaded things - Socrates II - 8/19/2009 2:03:02 PM
    - They Better Get Some Partial G Data Out Of It - Marsby - 8/19/2009 3:00:42 PM
      - Even if they do - Socrates II - 8/19/2009 3:23:24 PM
        
        How about a one-way trip to Mars? - Socrates II - 8/21/2009 2:19:46 PM
        
        Have to land first - Adam - 8/22/2009 5:38:41 AM
        
        Exactly! - Raoul - 8/22/2009 9:49:38 AM

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