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Old 24-02-2021, 08:36 AM
glend (Glen)
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Originally Posted by Startrek View Post
I only saw the video of the decent from orbit to ground yesterday with air crane , parachutes , landing dust etc etc...
Absolutely incredible resolution and quality , it’s as if your riding on the lander
Footsteps on Mars ? maybe, hopefully within a decade or so
That video is going to be a Primer for all the other nations seeking to get involved on Mars. It is going to be like Antartica, flags planted all over the place. The real time video (not the slowed down one) can be easily used to program competitors descent and landing sequencing, as long as they can emulate the hardware that NASA used.
I imaging Elon Musk has people pouring over it as well; I am still not convinced his Starship design is ideal for Mars. If he can't land a 10km test flight on Earth, how is he going to land a heavy Starship, travelling at 13,000kms per hour, into a much thinner atmosphere, and stop it? A lot of work to do there, and less than two years to the next launch window.
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