Drzhivago138 t1_j5v7fy6 wrote on January 25, 2023 at 8:12 PM Reply to comment by electric_ionland in Why do sample return missions such as OSIRIS-REx use their own reentry vehicles instead of just going to the space station for pickup and return with ISS equipment? by PromptCritical725 >They just slam into the atmosphere and let it do all the braking for free. It helps that unmanned probes don't have to worry about pesky things like crew survivability during reentry. Permalink Parent 824
Drzhivago138 t1_j5v7fy6 wrote
Reply to comment by electric_ionland in Why do sample return missions such as OSIRIS-REx use their own reentry vehicles instead of just going to the space station for pickup and return with ISS equipment? by PromptCritical725
>They just slam into the atmosphere and let it do all the braking for free.
It helps that unmanned probes don't have to worry about pesky things like crew survivability during reentry.