How to Land on a Planet (and how it'll be done in the future!)

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This video covers the basic ideas behind how engineers develop the algorithms that allow autonomous robots to land on other planetary bodies.

Thanks to everyone who helped me make this video, I really appreciate all of your time!

Unsik Lee and Mehran Mesbahi at UW
rain.aa.washington.edu/@api/deki/files/401/=Dua…

Behcet Acikmese at UT
behcet.ae.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/compar…

Miguel San Martin at JPL
twitter.com/migonmars

Filming help from Kristi Bradford

If you are interested in joining this field or want to see how you can help advance the state of the art check out these links

University of Washington RAIN lab: rain.aa.washington.edu
University of Texas: behcet.ae.utexas.edu
JPL Careers: jpl.nasa.gov/opportunities/
Spacex Careers: spacex.com/careers
Master Space Systems Careers: masten.aero/careers/

Other interesting links
All extraterrestrial landings: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_landings_on_extra…
Gravity Turn: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_turn#Descent_and_…
Seven Minutes or Terror: youtu.be/Ki_Af_o9Q9s
Rosetta's 12 year journey in space: youtube.com/watch?v=iEQuE5N3rwQ
Spacex landing on a barge attempt: youtu.be/BhMSzC1crr0
Spacex landing overview: planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2015/20150410-j…
Masten and JPL GFOLD test: youtu.be/-1DlP71ukTw

Image credits
"Surveyor NASA lunar lander". Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Surveyor_NASA_l…

All other images courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech

Errata:
5:43 I misspelled Shields! Ahhh, I can't believe I did that!


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