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I watched the animation and I saw that the lander would land with a hard thud on the surface, with a system to collapse underneath and cushion it's fall. Why di
by Overtonwindow 10y ago
I watched the animation and I saw that the lander would land with a hard thud on the surface, with a system to collapse underneath and cushion it's fall. Why didn't they use the sky-crane method that NASA and JPL came up with?
- rbanffy 10y agoIf they had the mass budget to fit a crane they'd probably pack bigger batteries.
- Overtonwindow 10y agoI'm not sure I understand. The Mars Rover is powered by a nuclear reactor.
- kl4m 10y agoThe Schiaparelli lander is an experiment to test this specific landing method. The landing is the experiment. It's battery-powered and will go dark in a few days.
- Overtonwindow 10y agoMuch clearer than you!