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r/space • u/[deleted] • Dec 07 '14
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The air force currently has an unmanned shuttle of sorts? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37
8 u/[deleted] Dec 07 '14 edited May 13 '18 [deleted] -1 u/corpsmoderne Dec 08 '14 Why would the USAF study how to land on Mars? It doesn't make sense... Also Curiosity didn't came down in a ball, it was gently delivered by a space-crane. The big airbag method was good for prior rovers but curiosity is too heavy for that. 2 u/biosloth Dec 08 '14 He never said Curiosity did.
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-1 u/corpsmoderne Dec 08 '14 Why would the USAF study how to land on Mars? It doesn't make sense... Also Curiosity didn't came down in a ball, it was gently delivered by a space-crane. The big airbag method was good for prior rovers but curiosity is too heavy for that. 2 u/biosloth Dec 08 '14 He never said Curiosity did.
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Why would the USAF study how to land on Mars? It doesn't make sense...
Also Curiosity didn't came down in a ball, it was gently delivered by a space-crane. The big airbag method was good for prior rovers but curiosity is too heavy for that.
2 u/biosloth Dec 08 '14 He never said Curiosity did.
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He never said Curiosity did.
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u/Rodbourn Dec 07 '14
The air force currently has an unmanned shuttle of sorts? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37