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Crashing and Landing are the same operation. It's subjective from the lander's point of view which occurred. Gravity's role in either is identical :p

Crashing and landing are about as similar as dying and sleeping.

So very alike except in intensity and duration?

As far as the individual parts are concerned, it is not at all alike.

And also the fact that your organs are still operating in sleep as opposed to not in death.

I do believe that was his point; not at all similar, and missing an /s, like yours.

I would define crashing as "camera and/or essential hardware broken", and landing what it's not.

That is, if it returns surface pictures, then it landed. Otherwise - crashed.

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