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>>12178296
Forgot pic

>tfw the 1950's had it right the whole time

>>9562600
Landing a rocket in "The Rolling Stones" works like that. Though they mostly land on places with low enough gravity that the dramatic "tail of fire" thing is more of a short burst from the main engine.

But they land tail-first, recall a mention of the problem of lunar quakes, and a big one in the past that tumbled a bunch of rockets that had landed at Luna Free State's spaceport.

In "Destination Moon," the early film made with Heinlein, the rocket lands that way, though they choose to show only the interior of the ship, and screens the pilots can see, during the landing, with no exterior shots of the ship during the landing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEfpVkwWS4

But it is clear that is what is happening, and subsequent shots outside the ship confirm.