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Huh, i heard them say "controlled descent". That is, they would try to land the probe on the surface, rather than slam-crash it intentionally. With the kind of
by Artlav 10y ago
Huh, i heard them say "controlled descent". That is, they would try to land the probe on the surface, rather than slam-crash it intentionally.
With the kind of gravity comets have, crashing might be trickier than landing.
- valarauca1 10y agoCrashing and Landing are the same operation. It's subjective from the lander's point of view which occurred. Gravity's role in either is identical :p
- grondilu 10y agoCrashing and landing are about as similar as dying and sleeping.
- tokai 10y agoSo very alike except in intensity and duration?
- SerLava 10y agoAs far as the individual parts are concerned, it is not at all alike.
- artmageddon 10y agoAnd also the fact that your organs are still operating in sleep as opposed to not in death.
- spdustin 10y agoI do believe that was his point; not at all similar, and missing an /s, like yours.
- Artlav 10y agoI would define crashing as "camera and/or essential hardware broken", and landing what it's not. That is, if it returns surface pictures, then it landed. Otherwise - crashed.