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Re:Delta-V: Designing the Asteroid Mining Ship 'Konstantin' by noir_lord on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @02:14PM (#24768199)
The lifting body idea is interesting, shape it so that it's got a flat side that self orientates (basically like an uncontrolled shuttle) and 'glide' (if you can call mach 1 gliding) it in, neat. You'd want to be very sure it was going to come down where you expected or you might affect rental prices.
Re:Delta-V: Designing the Asteroid Mining Ship 'Konstantin' by LargoLasskhyfv on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @02:24PM (#24768393)
I think one could aim for a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_footprint in the seas near the coastline without much trouble.