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What's the point of an impact lantern?
by exhilaration 7y ago
What's the point of an impact lantern?
- detaro 7y agoYou still get video and sensor readings from the flight, you get a dust plume to analyze from a distance (especially with bigger impactors also giving you data about what's below the surface).
- fromthestart 7y agoEven making it that far is a testament to the prowess of your space organization. It's a cheaper first step which probably directly and indirectly tests some 75% of the components needed for an actual landing.