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[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 45 points 8 months ago

I know it's just a webcomic but the KSP player in me hates how the engine bell sticks down past the landing legs

[-] Kaput@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

It's an engine skirt. It lets the lander move around on the surface at low thrust. Think hovercraft.

[-] Tanoh@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Hey, landing on the bell is better than those flimsy landing legs. Especially if you are tight on science and not unlocked the moving ones!

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 points 8 months ago

Maybe those are retractable ones that are just in motion already?

[-] foips@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

To be fair it's also blowing a sandcastle over on the moon. Where there's no atmosphere...

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago

I think expanding exhaust gasses from the engine plume dissipating against the surface could do that if the castle was close enough. But then again, I'm not a physicist, just a KSP player

[-] ultimitchow@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

Buzz Aldrin saw the flag from Apollo 11 get knocked over by expanding exhaust gasses https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/ApolloFlags-Condition.html

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