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  • Landing on Mars: A balance of technical skill and hard-earned luck

    Oct 17, 2022 3:00 pm by Space.comIllinois in the News
    An illustration of a SpaceX Starship entering Mars' atmosphere and decelerating aerodynamically. (Image credit: SpaceX)

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    • An illustration of a SpaceX Starship entering Mars' atmosphere and decelerating aerodynamically. (Image credit: SpaceX)

    Space.com (Oct. 15) U of I professor Zachary Putnam sees two problems. 'Landing really big things...for more advanced missions and human exploration, and landing lots of smaller, less expensive things at relatively low cost.'