[Spaceships] Does Soft Landing system require a Control room?

[Peter Knutsen]

Originally Posted by Langy

Whether it's on remote control or not has nothing to do with it. The vast majority of the mass of a Control Room is actually maneuvering jets and the like. The actual 'control room' part is pretty miniscule in comparison.

Yes, that is important to understand.

Also the Soft Landing Syste is 5% of the ship's mass, or the pod's mass, so it makes sense that there's room for some sort of maneuvering system: a few jets or control surfaces.