[minMars] Successful test of inflatable reentry heat shield

[Thomas Coffee]

NASA has done the first successful test of an inflatable reentry heat
shield, a potential precursor for heavy-landing Mars aeroshells:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/19/inflatable-shield.html

- Thomas


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Thomas Coffee
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Space Systems Laboratory
617.549.5492
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