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Category: Science
This article proposes an unusual way to land objects from orbit and probes returning from deep space. In this “Pit Stop” concept, the landing capsule, carefully steered by GPS in its plunge to earth, would aim for the opening of a deep vertical shaft set into the ground. The capsule would dive into this hole while still falling at terminal velocity
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