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Now that reentry is out, going, and above all returning from Mars or Venus is a new challenge, as the atmosphere can now burn your return ship to death.
While working on a design I am testing on Earth, I thought... Why not making a challenge of it? So here it is!
The challenge for you is to build a ship, send it in LEO, then make it reenter and land safely on Earth. From there, the ship must be able to fly again by itself.
Obviously, you'll have to find a way to allow your ship to survive reentry. It doesn't matter if you break things or let some parts burn, all that matters is that the ship has to fly again once it landed, even if it's just for a small hop. Of course, the further you can go, the better.
The ship can be a rocket, a shuttle, you can coat it entirely with heat shields... This is up to you, you are totally free to design it as you wish.
Good luck!
While working on a design I am testing on Earth, I thought... Why not making a challenge of it? So here it is!
The challenge for you is to build a ship, send it in LEO, then make it reenter and land safely on Earth. From there, the ship must be able to fly again by itself.
Obviously, you'll have to find a way to allow your ship to survive reentry. It doesn't matter if you break things or let some parts burn, all that matters is that the ship has to fly again once it landed, even if it's just for a small hop. Of course, the further you can go, the better.
The ship can be a rocket, a shuttle, you can coat it entirely with heat shields... This is up to you, you are totally free to design it as you wish.
Good luck!
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