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bucolic_frolic

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1. Why go through all that expense and not plan for

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Feb 26, 2024, 05:57 PM

Feb 2024

awkward landings, extreme temperatures? I mean why not a leveling mechanism on two legs, or a rotation motor on the solar panels? Engineers thought everything was going to go just peachy?

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