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Originally Posted by Stargazer
Parachutes do work well, but it's not enough. Reverse thrusters would need to be used, and for some cargo perhaps airbags as well?
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I don't think you have quite grasped the quantities of material that has to be landed. adding thrusters or airbags to the weight is out of the question.
I am thinking more in terms of a landing field. One option is to build shock absorbers into it - say a few meters depth of carefully graded dust covered with a plastic sheet to stop it blowing away. If it is just nice and flat the landing packages can at least use simple legs with shock absorbers.
Alternately we could use a flat surface with a mobile catching device. A big fast robot with one arm the size of a crane, or more arms with a net between them?
