Comment Re:Earth is not Mars. (Score 1) 275
So we drop the cargo down with a sky crane/inflatable combination/retro rocket system then land the crew with something like the LEM.
It's not like we don't have experience landing small, rocket-powred craft on airless low-gravity environments, and that was 40 years ago.
We put Curiosity down onto the surface intact using a sky crane flown remotely (with automatic systems handling key bits due to time delay). It's not like we can't land car-sized objects on Mars already.
But no, that sort of "we can't possibly do it" thinking is exactly what we need in space exploration. Keep it up.