With the atmosphere so poisonous they couldn't afford a crash landing Yup. But since they had enough power to actually leave orbit and increase speed (just not enough to reach mach 15), they should have had enough power to make a controlled landing, as long as they didn't leave it to the last minute.
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Date: 2008-04-29 03:04 pm (UTC)Yup. But since they had enough power to actually leave orbit and increase speed (just not enough to reach mach 15), they should have had enough power to make a controlled landing, as long as they didn't leave it to the last minute.