[isopede]

I like to solve this problem in Kerbal Space Program simply by avoiding it:

My landers are designed to land sideways.

[bloopernova]

That sideways drift was the bane of my existence. I could never quite kill all of my horizontal velocity, and tipping over was common. (Just as the article said)

I wonder how SpaceX will solve this reliably for Starship?

[stevage]

Using SAS and RCS pointed retrograde to surface pretty much auto solves that problem.

[sjducb]

Also solves the problem that starship’s door is so far away from the ground.

[onethought]

It can carry 100 tons. I’m sure they can pack a ladder… or elevator… heck a smaller propulsive landing platform

[sjducb]

But what if the elevator doesn’t work? The backup plan is a 25 meter ladder that you have to climb in a spacesuit.

[numpad0]

SLIM was designed to land sideways and still managed to stick its head up in the sand(partially due to a KSP style engine explosion).