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Feb 28, 2021Liked by Aaron A. Reed

This is fantastic! I wonder if anyone has made an adaptation based on Perseverance's landing with the sky crane maneuver.

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I love it =)

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These are such a breath of fresh air with all of the crazy stuff going on in the world right now. Very good stuff.

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I found a perfect solution to the Lunar Lander. The impact velocity is tiny 0.17 mph. And a lot of remaining fuel. Look:

COMMENCE LANDING PROCEDURE

TIME,SECS ALTITUDE,MILES+FEET VELOCITY,MPH FUEL,LBS FUEL RATE

0 120 0 3600.00 16000.0 K=:0

10 109 5016 3636.00 16000.0 K=:0

20 99 4224 3672.00 16000.0 K=:0

30 89 2904 3708.00 16000.0 K=:0

40 79 1056 3744.00 16000.0 K=:0

50 68 3960 3780.00 16000.0 K=:0

60 58 1056 3816.00 16000.0 K=:0

70 47 2904 3852.00 16000.0 K=:200

80 37 1930 3476.43 14000.0 K=:200

90 28 1385 3072.94 12000.0 K=:189

100 20 1515 2664.30 10110.0 K=:189

110 13 2592 2222.89 8220.0 K=:177

120 7 4892 1777.47 6450.0 K=:183

130 3 3573 1274.99 4620.0 K=:198

140 0 5050 673.10 2640.0 K=:198

150 0 9 1.49 660.0 K=:10

ON THE MOON AT 157.20 SECS

IMPACT VELOCITY OF 0.17 M.P.H.

FUEL LEFT: 588.05 LBS

PERFECT LANDING !-(LUCKY)

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jeez louise, playing Lunar Lander used to drive me nuts! Very adult and sophisticated game.

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