@misk to Space@lemmy.world • 7 months agoCrossed wires led to high drama as NASA returned asteroid samples to Eartharstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14arrow-up146arrow-down10
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minus-square@silencioso@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•7 months agoIt always fascinated me how, something apparently as simple as a parachute, is so hard to do well. We can operate a fucking drone flying repeatedly on the surface of other planet but we struggle to open a piece of cloth.
minus-square@Sigmatics@lemmy.calinkfedilink5•7 months agoMetal and plastic is easy, controlling cloth is hard
It always fascinated me how, something apparently as simple as a parachute, is so hard to do well. We can operate a fucking drone flying repeatedly on the surface of other planet but we struggle to open a piece of cloth.
Metal and plastic is easy, controlling cloth is hard