TPoD 10/3/11 Martians, Men, and Machines

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TPoD 10/3/11 Martians, Men, and Machines

Unread post by orrery » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:32 am

http://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2011/10 ... -machines/

Trying to have Curiosity lowered to the surface from a hovering decent craft seems extremely dangerous to the mission. The article says that the mission scientists are worried about incinerating potential life at the landing site. Curiosity, however, is a Rover... this seems like an unnecessary risk for a vehicle that can just cruise a few yards over and start searching for life away from any region that may have been affected by its descent.
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Re: TPoD 10/3/11 Martians, Men, and Machines

Unread post by Sparky » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:07 am

I liked the "crash bag", bouncing ball landing...low tech., much less cost, and a lot more action to computer simulate!!...
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