Re: Phoenix to land using retros?

On Aug 4, 9:43 am, Cruithne3753
<cruithneThirtySevenFiftyTh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Seems like Phoenix is to soft land using retros. Is that wise?
Mightn't they frazzle some or all the evidence for life being sought?
I'd have thought airbags would have been better in this case.

Matt

It's called a controlled (one-way) hard landing, and it's still after
4 decades and counting the very best we can manage in spite of
whatever our hocus-pocus NASA/Apollo wizards supposedly accomplished.
- Brad Guth

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