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TrenchTingz t1_ixfqs97 wrote

Reply to comment by simcoder in Realistically speaking When do you think we will land humans on Mars? by EnaGrimm

With all due respect, no they don’t, look up some military “all terrain” vehicles. It’s all about distribution and suspension. The first landing is the only hard one, and if necessary we revive the old mars landing system for the 3d robot.

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simcoder t1_ixfue7v wrote

Hmmm. OK. That was a pretty broad statement and probably doesn't hold up across the board. Fair enough.

I guess the issue to me is that Starship is basically 5 times taller than it is wide (iirc). That just seems fairly prone to tipping over while landing on perfectly flat ground (with the right adverse conditions). And in "all terrain" conditions, it just seems like you be lucky if it didn't tip over.

Maybe I'm over thinking it. But it seems like ideally you'd want the inverse of that ratio for an "all terrain" lander. IE one that is wider than it is taller. So pretty much no matter what type of slope you land on, you can be fairly confident that the thing will remain upright.

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