🛬 Land on Mars: Parachute Drag and Powered Descent Touchdown Lab - 2D Descent Profile
2D companion of the Mars landing lab: the vertical descent profile from entry to touchdown with the speed-altitude phase plane, parachute terminal velocity, burn-start altitude, throttle, fuel and deceleration curves, using the same physics module as the 3D scene.
⚙ Under the hood
2D companion of the Mars landing lab: the vertical descent profile from entry to touchdown with the speed-altitude phase plane, parachute terminal velocity, burn-start altitude, throttle, fuel and deceleration curves, using the same physics module as the 3D scene.
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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install