Rant EUReKA's Astraeus Probe

[cljohnston]

Y'know, I reallllly hate it when professional 3D modelers forget that a wing is not simply a flat slab, but has a convex upper surface.
And why the hell does an interplanetary space probe have wings anyway?

 

[Turbinator]

Re-entry?

 

[TSPenguin]

Those are strictly meant to aid in lithobreaking.

 

[cljohnston]

Those are strictly meant to aid in lithobreaking.

You mean when it plows into the ground? :lol:

 

[Sky Captain]

Maybe those wings are to perform inverted lithocapture.