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The parachute + inflatable bouncy ball landing vehicle worked for the spirit and opportunity rovers. I recall seeing something from NASA that the spirit size la
by walrus01 6y ago
The parachute + inflatable bouncy ball landing vehicle worked for the spirit and opportunity rovers. I recall seeing something from NASA that the spirit size landing was about the maximum size that was viable for that. They were explaining why re using the same design for the new much larger RTG powered rovers would not be possible.
- michaelwilson 6y agoThis book on Curiosity by it's chief engineer (who went on to work on Perserverance) covers that and other tradeoffs well: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1588344037/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1588344037/