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Curiosity landing system versus Spirit/Opportunity's [duplicate]
Spirit/Opportunity used airbags to land while Curiosity had a "carrier" with thrusters and chords - which to me sounds heavier and much more complex, therefore also riskier.
It seems that it would ...
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Curiosity's powered descent stage test
The landing procedure of Curiosity on Mars has been described as a real challenge in part because of the powered descent stage and sky crane. Indeed the separation of Curiosity with the backshell + ...
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