I fricking love the Skycrane. It's such a goddamned guano loco concept that should never have worked AND YET...
“Okay, so we’re gonna drop it into the atmosphere, and then pop a chute.”
“Cool, so you’re going to ride the chute in.”
“NOPE! We’re gonna cut that sucker free after a while, drop outta it like a baby colt leavin' mama, and go to rockets.”
“Oh! Direct thrust landing, got it.”
“Ah hell no, we’re gonna *hover*, and then *winch* the lander down to the surface, then the rocket is gonna take off like a bat outta hell and shoot off elsewhere.”
“… You missed your medication dose again, didn’t you.”
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