ILM SFX ANIMATION: Lander and parachute rocket past camera towards surface of Mars. KOBIE BOYKINS: You have this thing called the heat shield that’s super hot, you have to get rid of it.
ILM SFX ANIMATION: Vehicle in air, heat shield ejects and falls away. Second lander descends from vehicle attached by thin rope.
ROB MANNING: But now the hard part begins. The lander has to rappel down on a 20-meter rope. ILM SFX ANIMATION: EWS: Vehicle is swinging in air as it descends, all three components can be seen.
PRODUCTION ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE: Engineer: “Spacecraft reporting lander has separated.”
KOBIE BOYKINS: So now you have a parachute, you have this backshell, you have this lander. Inside that lander is the rover. ILM SFX ANIMATION: MS: Lander body hanging at the end of the rope. Airbags pop out around it.
GFX LOWER THIRD: OPPORTUNITY / SPIRIT
KOBIE BOYKINS: The airbags inflate. At 40 feet above the surface.
ILM SFX ANIMATION: POV from airbag: looking at the ground as we speed down towards it, our descent suddenly slows, as we hit our brakes, we see a slight heat effect at the edges of our screen…
KOBIE BOYKINS: At 40 feet, the backshell fires retro rockets. Slows the rover down to 0 mph. And then cuts the last cord.
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