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But what does the smaller lander land on? It's landers all the way down.
by Daneel_ 5y ago
But what does the smaller lander land on? It's landers all the way down.
- hinkley 5y agoImagine one of those drivable bridges the army has for fording rivers where there is no bridge. Make it radially symmetrical instead and use maneuvering thrusters instead of wheels. It’s going to float on the regolith, instead of water.
- jhgb 5y agoMyself, when I saw this, I imagined that instead of this "spraying" approach, you could build a very flat lander, basically a large metal disk with some propulsion and support structure beneath it, and drop it just ahead of your "real" lander. Then you'd get a firm platform to land on mere tens of seconds later.