As we’ve said before, its not the falling that kills rovers, its the sudden stop at the end. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab explains how to successfully put a robot on the Red Planet.
https://gizmodo.com/nasas-hypersonic-airbags-shield-spacecraft-in-a-mach-5-5900541
As NASA explains, sucessfully setting down on Mars first requires a heat shield to prevent atmospheric incineration. Then, depending on the size of the payload, either an airbag system will be deployed or retro-rockets can be employed. [YouTube]
