Re: starship-design: Planetary Landing

[jon_jay1@juno.com (Jonathan J Jay)]

>>On the other hand, if it wasn't able to land
>>and underwent system failure, etc. it could drift through space until
>>by some lucky chance, if the crew were still alive, they could make 
>>first contact with an alien race and not be able to tell anyone about 
>>it.
>
>How can a mothership with a landing gear land when it has a system
failure?

I meant that it wasn't equipped with landing gear, not that it could land
because of system failure. But that is another good point. Landing gear
wouldn't be of much use if they didn't work.

Jon

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