Landing a capsule on a huge airbag?

Dr John Stockton wrote:

The vehicle has one degree of reusability-importance and one degree of
impact-resistance; a passenger has a different degree of each. Design
for these appropriately.

Just consider the state of the car after a car-into-wall crash in which
a well-deployed airbag made the occupant into a minor medical case.
Normally, I believe, not reusable.


But cars are not designed for such. You could design such a car -
start with a VW Beetle and make sure front and backparts are easy
to separate and that you can attach a new front part.

--
Sander

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