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It will use the raptors to decelerate and hot gas trusters to land in the last 10s of metres to avoid this problem. From wiki: “ The variant will use high‑thru
by tigershark 5y ago
It will use the raptors to decelerate and hot gas trusters to land in the last 10s of metres to avoid this problem.
From wiki:
“ The variant will use high‑thrust oxygen- and methane-fueled thrusters located mid‑body on Starship HLS during the final "tens of meters" of the terminal lunar descent and landing to avoid plume impingement problems with the lunar regolith.”
Potentially they could also brake down to 0 velocity when they switch to the thrusters and land at 0.1M/s, but they obviously won’t do that because it’s just a waste of fuel.