top | item 9388906 (no title) jayfuerstenberg | 11 years ago Land the rocket on some flame-proof air bags. It doesn't have to land vertically does it? Let it fall over gently if need be. discuss order hn newest jccooper|11 years ago The dang thing is a couple mm thick and ten stories tall. There's no "gentle" option available for tipping over. The solution is to land it right. It'll happen. laggyluke|11 years ago No flame-proof airbags are available on Mars.AFAIK most of SpaceX's design decisions are based around this. saganus|11 years ago But can't the vehicle carry them to Mars? Kind of like the airbag system for one of the rovers, can't remember which one (Curiosity?)Or even better, how about getting it to land sideways on purpose? I don't see how that would be more difficult than doing it upright. load replies (1)
jccooper|11 years ago The dang thing is a couple mm thick and ten stories tall. There's no "gentle" option available for tipping over. The solution is to land it right. It'll happen.
laggyluke|11 years ago No flame-proof airbags are available on Mars.AFAIK most of SpaceX's design decisions are based around this. saganus|11 years ago But can't the vehicle carry them to Mars? Kind of like the airbag system for one of the rovers, can't remember which one (Curiosity?)Or even better, how about getting it to land sideways on purpose? I don't see how that would be more difficult than doing it upright. load replies (1)
saganus|11 years ago But can't the vehicle carry them to Mars? Kind of like the airbag system for one of the rovers, can't remember which one (Curiosity?)Or even better, how about getting it to land sideways on purpose? I don't see how that would be more difficult than doing it upright. load replies (1)
jccooper|11 years ago
laggyluke|11 years ago
AFAIK most of SpaceX's design decisions are based around this.
saganus|11 years ago
Or even better, how about getting it to land sideways on purpose? I don't see how that would be more difficult than doing it upright.