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A new pyramid-like shape always lands the same side up

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588 points robinhouston | 3 comments | 25 Jun 25 20:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.866s | source
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boznz ◴[25 Jun 25 20:26 UTC] No.44381514[source]▶
maybe they should build moon landers this shape :-)
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1. gerdesj ◴[25 Jun 25 23:39 UTC] No.44382826[source]▶
Or aeroplanes. Not sure where you put the wings.

Why restrict yourself to the Moon?

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2. Cogito ◴[26 Jun 25 00:52 UTC] No.44383225[source]▶
Recent moonlanders have been having trouble landing on the moon. Some are just crashing, but tipping over after landing is a real problem too. Hence the joke above :)
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3. gerdesj ◴[26 Jun 25 01:26 UTC] No.44383405[source]▶
Mars landers have also had a chequered history. I remember one NASA jobbie that had a US to metric units conversion issue and poor old Beagle 2 that got there, landed safely and then failed to deploy properly.