Re:Watch the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch Today
by angrygoat on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @10:37AM
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nitpick - it was Curiosity that came down on Mars using a sky crane, Odyssey was an earlier mission
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Re:Watch the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch Today
by hinkley on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @11:59AM
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I had to look it up. Curiosity was the lander, Odyssey is the relay satellite. Both are the same mission.
Before the sky crane we had the bouncy ball, and both had supersonic parachutes which is also a mind bender.