[PLUG-TALK] Mars lander Curiousity, OMSI Sunday Night Aug 5

[Richard]

On 8/4/2012 1:36 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
>>>>>> "Richard" == Richard  <plug at hackhawk.net> writes:
> Richard> I was a little disappointed at how much unproven technology
> Richard> they're using.  They have a method that worked very well with
> Richard> the last two rovers.
>
> This rover is too heavy for the bouncing balloon landing.  Mars is a
> bitch to land on.  The atmosphere is too thin to slow heavy stuff
> down.
I thought that (weight) may be a reason for not using the bouncy 
balloons.   :-)  thanks for backing up that up.