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niftich on Aug 24, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Water Found Deep Inside the Moon

For a dramatic coverage of this exact subject, I highly recommend 'Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror' [1] from NASA JPL.

[1] https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1090; or on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I8AoB1xgU

Robotbeat on Aug 24, 2017 [–]

Note this is before SpaceX proved supersonic retropropulsion works just fine. Atmosphere is now a huge asset for Mars EDL.

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