Surface tension in the water can sling the craft out of control or cause it to bounce violently.
The US space agency (Nasa) has also offered to do anything that might bring the wayward craft under full control.
The damaged panel allowed searing hot gases to seep into the wing on re-entry, causing the craft to lose control and disintegrate.
Somehow, the Cuban cigar industry has to find a modus vivendi between modern quality control and the craft of the hand roller.
To complete the drilling without mishap, the rover's operators on Earth had to devise new procedures to solve a series of computer software problems that affected the craft's motor's control systems, said JPL drill-systems engineer Scott McCloskey.
Prosecutors until now had made few details available, despite pressure to do so from the governor, who criticized leaks to the press and lawmakers who clamored for more details as they craft legislation on mental health and gun control.
The company's challenge is to turn the Merlin, an anti-submarine and search-and-rescue vehicle, into a craft that can also take over the Sea King's airborne surveillance and control duties without breaking the bank.
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It took 60 hours to get to the Moon so we waited until the craft was in orbit and then we had a mad rush to get from Launch Control to Mission Control (in Houston, Texas).
Although Mars can be explored by unmanned craft, there is only so much that can be achieved with robot eyes and remote control.
Moreover, mission controllers on Earth will have no contact with the craft once it begins its seven-minute, automated descent and no way to control it until it has safely landed.
She worked to cultivate her craft, studying acting and catching up on her education, and she took great risks to take control of her career in the mid-fifties, when it was at its commercial apogee.
Such fine control would be employed in certain experimental set-ups in space where precise positioning of a craft was essential.
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