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"vernier engine throttle settings were controlled using a proportional-plus-derivative
feedback loop closed around the measured vs. desired velocity magnitude as
a function of altitude, represented by the [~parabolic] descent contour"
Surveyor Spacecraft Automatic Landing System
Sam W. Thurman
AAS 04-062
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.504.9417&rep=rep1&type=pdf