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Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BudlaGh1A0o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BudlaGh1A0o edit- Parachutes are probably more practical. They work if you
by warpspeed 15y ago
Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BudlaGh1A0o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BudlaGh1A0o
edit- Parachutes are probably more practical. They work if you make them big enough.
- ballooney 15y agoYour mass scales with the cube of linear dimension. Parachute drag scales as a square of linear dimension. What this means is that the chute gets bigger much more quickly than the payload as you increase lander mass, to the point that you quickly get outlandishly large and impractical chutes for manned landers. Hence the research into alternatives.