Lithobraking is a term used by spacecraft engineers to refer to a spacecraft reducing its velocity by impacting the surface of a planet or moon. Originally coined as whimsical euphemism for a "crash landing", it is now also used when the collision is deliberate.
Lithobraking is a term used by spacecraft engineers to refer to a spacecraft reducing its velocity by impacting the surface of a planet or moon. Originally coined as whimsical euphemism for a "crash landing", it is now also used when the collision is deliberate.
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