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Way I see it is, if we can land a rover the size of a minivan on a different planet, we should be able to do this without much more effort. Money, perhaps, yes;
by bjd2385 9y ago
Way I see it is, if we can land a rover the size of a minivan on a different planet, we should be able to do this without much more effort. Money, perhaps, yes; but, we've already done it.
- nradov 9y agoYou might think so, but the difficulty doesn't scale linearly with size and weight. For example there's a practical upper bound on airbags to absorb landing shock; we can't just build larger ones for a capsule carrying humans.
- hawkesnest 9y agoI would imagine that the airbag solution would be rather unpleasant for humans, even if it were possible/practical.
- bjd2385 9y agoNot at all what I was referring to in my comment. But, yes, you're entirely accurate regarding the airbags. (:
- godelski 9y agoNot to mention that when you add fuel you now need more fuel for the added mass of that fuel. And....