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Jun 21 2011, 04:35 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 25-March 10 Member No.: 5281 |
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Jun 29 2011, 01:27 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jun 29 2011, 10:46 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
I have few of questions about the desent stage thrusters.
Are all 8 used in the landing ? Why are the thrusters in each pair pointing in different directions ? What happens if the thrust is not enough ? Thanks. Also I read the thrusters run at 107 %, which seems an odd figure to me. |
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Jun 29 2011, 01:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
I have few of questions about the desent stage thrusters. Just going by the animation, all eight thrusters are firing at release from the back-shell but the four inner ones shutdown shortly thereafter. I only see the outer four thrusters firing from then on even at descent stage flyaway. I also don't see any movement of the nozzles so their orientation looks fixed. But all I know is what I see in the video. |
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