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Crossed wires led to high drama as NASA returned asteroid samples to Earth (arstechnica.com)

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[–] silencioso 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Metal and plastic is easy, controlling cloth is hard