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Someone got into editing just as I thought I'd start, so I'll leave it in case there's population of explanation afoot. But I'm waiting for both ''uncontrolled'' powered flight (I don't mean retrothrusted landing procedure) and controlled ''unpowered'' flight (ditto, not for parachute descents, at least until they make the subsonic ones full parasails). [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.192|141.101.98.192]] 01:56, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 
Someone got into editing just as I thought I'd start, so I'll leave it in case there's population of explanation afoot. But I'm waiting for both ''uncontrolled'' powered flight (I don't mean retrothrusted landing procedure) and controlled ''unpowered'' flight (ditto, not for parachute descents, at least until they make the subsonic ones full parasails). [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.192|141.101.98.192]] 01:56, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
: Uncontrolled powered flight has caused many plane crashes over the years.  Controlled unpowered flight is how every glider, including the Space Shuttles when returning from space, "fly" and land.  [[User:Nutster|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster|talk]]) 17:24, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
 
  
  
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In my new favorite sci-fi series, DB Cooper, who got to know the local bigfoot tribe as a kid, and who is called in adulthood Falls-From-Sky, moves to the planet the sasquatch came from to live with the Starfoot and grow garlic with his grandson Charlie.  Jerry Boyd's Bob & Nikki series.  And their story is a *subplot*.[[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 12:57, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 
In my new favorite sci-fi series, DB Cooper, who got to know the local bigfoot tribe as a kid, and who is called in adulthood Falls-From-Sky, moves to the planet the sasquatch came from to live with the Starfoot and grow garlic with his grandson Charlie.  Jerry Boyd's Bob & Nikki series.  And their story is a *subplot*.[[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 12:57, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 
''Flight, Landing and Controlled Landing were variously achieved by some or all of the prior landers, depending upon your definition of flight.'' I would argue that not '''all''' landers achieved a controlled landing.  I recall a couple that did not do enough aerobraking and ended up doing too much lithobraking instead and were not functional afterwards.  Should that '''all''' remain in the sentence? [[User:Nutster|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster|talk]]) 02:06, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 
:"variously achieved by some or all" means that different landers achieved different subsets. The ones you recall achieved flight (from Earth to Mars) and (crash) landing, but not controlled landing. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 03:51, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 
 
Hmmm... Reading about how the explanation says "the notion of them [skeletal remains of Amelia Earhart] somehow ending up on the surface of Mars is practically impossible outside the remit of certain conspiracy theories." I immediately had to think on https://what-if.xkcd.com/53/ and https://what-if.xkcd.com/54/  [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 08:33, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 
:Thinking about Amelia - her remains were supposedly found, dismissed, and lost.  So really, there should be a tick on the Earth side there too [[User:Baldrickk|Baldrickk]] ([[User talk:Baldrickk|talk]]) 09:41, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
 
 
Adding a table to organize everything might be a good idea because right now the description is a bit confusing. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.12|108.162.216.12]] 13:21, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 
 
What does a "loop" mean in this context? Does it just refer to a satellite orbit? A definition on the page would help, I think. [[User:Aepokk|Aepokk]] ([[User talk:Aepokk|talk]]) 01:32, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 

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