Timeline for Did Curiosity rover land on Mars?
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| May 8, 2020 at 0:57 | comment | added | Mark | @KaE, that's an LLRV, basically an Earth-based flight simulator for the Lunar Module. It's designed to give a pilot the feel of flying on the Moon, not to test the flight dynamics of the actual Lunar Module. | |
| May 4, 2020 at 14:57 | history | edited | Jamiec♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 4, 2020 at 14:06 | comment | added | jwenting | @KaE they never flew the actual lunar landers on earth. They flew test machines to verify certain of the design ideas, that's all. | |
| May 4, 2020 at 13:46 | history | edited | Jamiec♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 4, 2020 at 13:05 | history | edited | Jamiec♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 4, 2020 at 12:18 | comment | added | KaE | Just look at the "Sky Crane Full Motion Drop Test" That is the most complex test shown! That is not enough to risk millions sending it to Mars. | |
| May 4, 2020 at 12:12 | comment | added | KaE | Considering the cost of failure, after launching it to Mars, my opinion is, you fly Curiosity on earth. They showed other, very simple testing but no flight. | |
| May 4, 2020 at 12:06 | comment | added | F1Krazy | @KaE Computers and wind tunnels were nowhere near as sophisticated back then, so they didn't have a choice. | |
| May 4, 2020 at 12:03 | comment | added | KaE | They flew the lunar landers on earth. Much simpler technology than Curiosity "sky crane". | |
| May 4, 2020 at 11:56 | history | answered | Jamiec♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |