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Do you think so? A Martian lander is an easier job than an Earth lander, and they've already built one of those. In fact, there was the story here the other abo
by hugh3 16y ago
Do you think so? A Martian lander is an easier job than an Earth lander, and they've already built one of those. In fact, there was the story here the other about how a Dragon can theoretically land on Mars, so if they just manage to build a big enough booster it should be well within their capabilities.
Still very expensive, of course... they'd need to talk someone into paying for it.
- JshWright 16y agoWhy would a Martian lander be easier? On earth you get to use parachutes. The Martian atmosphere is too thin to use parachutes for any significant payload. I know SpaceX is planning on a thrust-based landign system for Dragon, but the "lander" they've "already built" relies on parachutes.