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Out of this world! NASA will launch a huge flying saucer-like inflatable heat shield into space next month – and it could help humans land safely on Mars one day
2022-10-11
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) is scheduled for November 1

  • NASA's test will see a huge inflatable heat shield launched into low Earth orbit on an Atlas V rocket

  • Once it reaches low-Earth orbit, the heat shield will inflate before descending back to Earth

  • In the future, the heat shield could be used to slow down a spacecraft to survive atmospheric entry
Posted by:Skidmark

#3  Why does it look like a diaphragm?
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-10-11 23:43  

#2  Great timing - test a heat shield just as we're going into winter....
Posted by: Mercutio   2022-10-11 19:20  

#1  So some scientists are still thinking about science rather than political correctness?
Posted by: Glenmore    2022-10-11 15:48  

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