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obliqueweaponsonfb
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04/30/2018 09:09 pm »
would it be if NASA put on the moon or mars magnetic metal plates that push and pulled landing craft down.
So on the moon it would pull on the metal slowly gliding it down 2 a soft landing.
So like making the craft an north side magnet and the ground 2 they pull together. Once close it uses the south side that pushes it away or witch ever way it is.
Would be cool as craft can land safely. On mars it would slow it down 2 push it away 1 the other 1 pulls it.
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Magnets are horribly suited for something like this. Their force falls off rapidly with distance. Building something that could affect a spacecraft with sufficient strength at sufficient distance would be impractical. And if you did manage to do that, the force when near the ground would be too large to allow any kind of gentle landing.
If you have a specific idea on how to do this beyond "hey what about magnets?" then please share the specifics. Please stop using pointless replacement of "to" with "2" it makes your post painful to read. Also, review your grammar.
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