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Good luck landing a craft built by multiple teams with possibly differing definitions of Newtons. Kinda feels like agreement on the definition of the Newton wo
by seanhunter 3y ago
Good luck landing a craft built by multiple teams with possibly differing definitions of Newtons.
Kinda feels like agreement on the definition of the Newton would be the difference between "guidance and propulsion systems worked perfectly" and "debris was scattered across the landing zone".[1]
[1] Not an astrodynamicist, but have done enough problems with inclined planes, pulleys, springs etc to know it's quite important to get the magnitude of the forces right.