[EricRobodox]

Wow, thanks dave. Learn more every day. I just assumed the positioning thing because i went to a JPL seminar on SecondLife, but they had mentioned about situations about the airbag system that if in a certain position, not sure which but assuming in a hole of some sort, could not open correctly. So i thought maybe they were going to land it with thrusters to steer clear of holes and obsticles.

roger, i said it wasn't a rover. Mars Science Laboratory, Mars Exploration Rovers, and Sojourn/Pathfinder are the only NASA rover missions to mars currently. I think, i may need some correction, Beagle is as well, but that is mainly European Space Agency's, and that was not successful.