[stavros]

In general, when it seems to my uneducated opinion that a bunch of experts have missed something obvious to me, it's almost always the case that the one who has missed something is me.

[foobarian]

I feel exactly the same and this is the reason why I would absolutely love to read an expert article titled "Why super-wide Moon landing gear is not a good idea"

[tekla]

It needs to fit into a fairing. Otherwise you need to build a deployment mechanism.

[anigbrowl]

If there isn't an obvious answer to the obvious question, then it's up to the experts to communicate that information more effectively.

[stavros]

The experts' job is to land on the moon, not to teach you.

[anigbrowl]

Don't sulk. Communicating with the public is a necessary aspect of publicly funded science.