Comments on Rocketpunk Manifesto: Distance 119+ AU

jollyreaper: "I will be impressed if Curi...

2011-12-05T09:06:50.536-08:00
jollyreaper:

"I will be impressed if Curiosity's landing system works. Seems very complicated and risky."

It's probably a necessary risk, however. Curiosity is too large for an airbag landing. Also, the crane deployment from the landing system avoids the weight of landing gear and the complication of a ramp to get down off the landing platform. Those can go wrong too, y'know.

I will be impressed if Curiosity's landing sys...

2011-12-05T08:53:29.589-08:00
I will be impressed if Curiosity's landing system works. Seems very complicated and risky.

Well unlike Phobos-Grunt the Curiosity rover is at...

2011-12-04T19:04:33.041-08:00
Well unlike Phobos-Grunt the Curiosity rover is at least on the way to Mars. Whether it will survive landing on Mars is another matter.

And another Mars mission (fails to) eats the (Mart...

2011-12-04T16:33:56.594-08:00
And another Mars mission (fails to) eats the (Martian (moon)) dust.

Looks like no one is batting well against the God of War. Dasvidanye, tavaritch.

Yes, we are still expanding our reach and vision, ...

2011-12-04T11:14:22.400-08:00
Yes, we are still expanding our reach and vision, just not like most of us thought back in the early '70s.

Ferrell

Voyager one took a picture of the Earth Moon syste...

2011-12-03T20:41:28.817-08:00
Voyager one took a picture of the Earth Moon system in 1990, and even then was so far away that Earth took up less than a single pixel on the image...Imagine what Voyager could see today.