Space craft soft landing system

Claim 1

IN A SPACECRAFT HAVING A BASE AND ADAPTED TO PERFORM SOFT LANDINGS ON LUNAR AND OTHER TERRESTRIAL SURFACES, SAID LANDINGS TO BE PERFORMED WITH THE SPACECRAFT IN A BASE DOWNWARD ATTITUDE, A LANDING GEAR SYSTEM COMPRISING: (A) A SHROUD EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AROUND BUT SPACED APART FROM THE SPACECRAFT HAVING AN EXTERIOR AND AN INTERIOR SURFACE; (B) A PLURALITY OF RETRACTABLE LANDING LEGS ATTACHED AT ONE END TO AND POSITIONED AROUND THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE SHROUD AND EXTENDABLE TO A LANDING CONFIGURATION IN PREPARATION TO LANDING, EACH OF SAID LEGS HAVING ATTACHED AT THE OTHER END THEREOF A LANDING FOOT; AND (C) A PLURALITY OF ENERGY ABSORBERS POSITIONED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SHROUD AND THE SPACECRAFT ONE END OF WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE SPACECRAFT AND THE OTHER TO THE SHROUD INTERIOR SURFACE, WHEREBY ENERGY IS ABSORBED BY SAID ENERGY ABSORBERS WHEN THE LANDING FEED COME IN CONTACT WITH A LUNAR OR OTHER TERRESTRIAL SURFACE UPON WHICH A SOFT LANDING IS BEING PERFORMED CAUSING A RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE SHROUD WITH RESPECT TO THE SPACECRAFT.