misk@sopuli.xyz to Space@lemmy.world · 1 year agoCrossed wires led to high drama as NASA returned asteroid samples to Eartharstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10
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minus-squaresilencioso@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year 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-squareSigmaticslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year 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