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Old 05-08-06, 02:16 PM   #16
DeepSix
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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike
... The NEAR Shoemaker that landed on 433 Eros. ...
NEAR may be the coolest of all; don't know whether it was actually tougher or easier (or about the same) to do than the other landers, but it amazed me that they could successfully land a probe on a "tumbling" asteroid.
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