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Soft Landing Inquiry
What is a soft landing?
A term adopted by the space industry, for when a spacecraft needs to make a safe and slow landing.
Soft landing technologies enable spacecraft to land on celestial bodies safely, whilst not damaging fragile cargo such as humans
There are many experimental ways of achieving a soft landing, the use of air resistance on reentry
SpaceX's Falcon 9 orbital boosters make a soft landing, instead of just falling into the ocean
The Apollo missions required a soft landing on the moon (reduced atmosphere), and back on reentry to Earth
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