Not the Moon, but parachutes are routinely used on Mars to slow the vehicle down to a reasonable velocity that can be arrested by a rocket motor burn without expending ungodly amounts of fuel.
Parachutes don’t work so well on the moon... or Mars for that matter.
Not the Moon, but parachutes are routinely used on Mars to slow the vehicle down to a reasonable velocity that can be arrested by a rocket motor burn without expending ungodly amounts of fuel.
Right now the problem is landing in Earth without the BOOM. LOL