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Wouldn't the sky crane be truthfully described as a "powered, controlled flight on another planet"?
by baggy_trough 6y ago
Wouldn't the sky crane be truthfully described as a "powered, controlled flight on another planet"?
- ncmncm 6y agoYesss... But they probably are only counting aerodynamic flight. I wish there was more about what it did after it dropped its load. Did it just fly until fuel ran out? Or fly for a minute and shut off? I think they did say it crashed, which was probably unnecessary, considering how far away it got. It probably could have set down neatly 100 ft away.