Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
An interesting point. It would seem they'd need to be quite certain of the bearing strength and flatness of the landing surface else Ship would tip over.
But with the brilliance of these guys I have little doubt they have a plan.
A more challenging point raised recently was the devastating effect of flying debris ejected by the exhaust plume which in no (lunar) or minor (Martian) atmosphere, and both in low gravity will fly unhindered at prodigious speeds hazarding infrastructure for many miles around.
Still, I have little doubt that they haven't figured that out too.
This must be one of the most, if not the most significant events since Apollo 11's landing. This surely signals the true beginning of genuinely practical space travel.
But oh, how I wish there was intelligent, informative technical reportage of all this instead of those two gormless gushing bimbos spouting belt-fed inarticulate platitudes at Disney level. Yes I know one or maybe even both are allegedly superb space engineers - then all the more shameful that that they talk down to us as if we are kindergarten with a ten second attention span. Where is there a feed for people with some level of intelligence?
PLEASE, with all that technology can't Elon re-incarnate James Burke?
Look, we've been through this before.
Not everyone is as informed as you are. There will be thousands of people tuning in who have no clue what's going on. They need spoon feeding in easy to understand fashion.