landing (1 Viewer)

[clever angel]

hi again

help needed on this pt: discuss the safety issues associated with safe renerty into the earths atmosphere and landing on the surface

i get the saferty issues but have no info on landing

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[Xayma]

It is only about the safety issues. Basically: Hitting the ground at high speeds isn't good. Therefore there must be ways to slow the craft down. Overheating, transmission, weather and the like are the atmosphere.

 

[Shael]

You'll want to talk about the re-entry angle also.

 

[AntiHyper]

The 'landing' part is just the type, like a "splash down in the pacific ocean" as of the older spacecrafts or "land on a runway" as of the space shuttle. The Russians for example, just let their craft to plunge into hard dirt (with a bit of parachute to slow them down).

 

[Mat_Aussie]

Like Shael said, talk about the re-entry angle.

if its too shallow - you skip off the atmosphere and off into space

if its too deep - you burn up in the earth's atmosphere.