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**BoattyGonm** · 06-28-2012, 04:05 AM

> it will be the craziest landing in the history of space exploration. The landing sequence alone requires six vehicle configurations, 76 pyrotechnic devices, the largest supersonic parachute ever built

Shudder. This is a return to the old US landing method of "flying bedstead" style - fragile and unstable. The old Russian landing system of strong spheres, airbags and unfolding petals (as used for Spirit and Opportunity) strikes me as much more reliable.

06-28-2012, 04:05 AM	#2
BoattyGonm Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	> it will be the craziest landing in the history of space exploration. The landing sequence alone requires six vehicle configurations, 76 pyrotechnic devices, the largest supersonic parachute ever built Shudder. This is a return to the old US landing method of "flying bedstead" style - fragile and unstable. The old Russian landing system of strong spheres, airbags and unfolding petals (as used for Spirit and Opportunity) strikes me as much more reliable.
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