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Why is Landing on Mars so Difficult?
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Oh AumSum!
More than 50% of landings on Mars have failed!
There are 2 reasons for this:
Firstly, as Mars's atmosphere is extremely sparse, it does not provide enough air for the parachutes to blow up and land safely!
Hence, we need complex retrorockets to land on Mars!
Secondly, even though Mars's atmosphere is extremely sparse, it is still capable of creating friction!
Hence, we need additional heat shields to protect the rockets!
As a result, the complexity of landing on Mars increases!