[amsat-bb] Fw: Soft,,, Well Kind Of,,

[Roger Kolakowski]

> what would what hit? Immovable object vs unforgiving object? 90 degree
> angle?
>
> Many of the non-propulsion designs I've seen look at a "ball" type object
> coming to landing in a shallow trajectory and bouncing/rolling to a stop.
> This scenario has little to do with speed and not much to do with control.
>
> Roger
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe" <nss at mwt.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 2:52 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Soft,,, Well Kind Of,,
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> > What speed do you think would be max survivable speed for a landing on
> > the moon for a robot, or comm system?
> >
> > How fast could something hit and survive?
> >
> > Joe
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