There have been made tremendous steps in simulation software. The fact that the ...

		holoduke on Feb 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Perseverance rover’s descent and touchdown on Mars... There have been made tremendous steps in simulation software. The fact that the crane mechanism has never been tested on earth besides simulations is incredible. Always wondered what software they use. Do they have a generic platform to run simulations on? Or is every mission written from scratch?

Not quite, the sky crane method was also used for Curiosity rover back in 2012