[Spaceships] Crash Landing: not-so-minimal velocity, boom

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

Er, yes, that seems perfectly obvious. Has that been in any way disputed?

I read Posts #14 and #16 as demurring on the basis of an assumption that 0.1 [times local g] included engine braking from orbital speed.

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by Brett

I read Posts #14 and #16 as demurring on the basis of an assumption that 0.1 [times local g] included engine braking from orbital speed.

It's fuzzier than that. From what altitude/speed is this the dV requirement for a landing anyway?