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This doesn't seem to have been a hoverslam, though -- the probe was hovering at, I think, 150 meters for quite some time, and then maintained a steady and slow
by rst 3y ago
This doesn't seem to have been a hoverslam, though -- the probe was hovering at, I think, 150 meters for quite some time, and then maintained a steady and slow rate of descent while still under power.
- ansible 3y agoYes, Chandrayaan-3 definitely did not performance a hoverslam, the landing was much more conservative than that. With a hoverslam, everything has to go exactly right. A valve that is slightly sticky can be enough to wreak everything.