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To: SunkenCiv
From a separate article, “ Altemus said the craft was going 25,000 miles an hour in orbit and landed at about 6 miles an hour, with a horizontal speed of about 2 miles an hour—a comfortable walking pace. The company believes one of the lander’s feet caught on something on the way down, causing it to trip.”


24 posted on 02/26/2024 7:15:47 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: DoodleBob

Yeah, Armstrong didn’t like the look of the landing site when it got close enough to notice details, and used some of the downward thrust to push the LM to a smooth area, landing with less than 30 seconds (some sources say 10 seconds) of fuel. AI and/or time-delayed Earthbound piloting aren’t (yet) up to the task.


27 posted on 02/26/2024 8:03:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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