[AR] Re: steampunk spacecraft sophistication (was ... legs.)

  • From: Uwe Klein <uwe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 09:02:59 +0100

Am 21.01.2016 um 23:47 schrieb Robert Steinke:

The mission could be on a free-return flyby trajectory.  No propulsion
needed and you just wait until the probe is at close range to download.

Lets assume a reentry.

IMHO there is only a low chance to actually retrieve a very small passive reentry payload vehicle.

With micropayloads you'd have to develop a miniature homing reentry device.
Hmm, borrowing from nature : butterfly or mapleseed model ?

uwe



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