> We had propulsive rocket landings in the 80's. Didn't the Apollo project use propulsive rocket landings to land on the moon (which was kind of necessary due

> We had propulsive rocket landings in the 80's. Didn't the Apollo project use propulsive rocket landings to land on the moon (which was kind of necessary due to the moon's lack of a dense enough atmosphere)? IIRC, that was much earlier than the 1980s.