[minMars] Successful test of inflatable reentry heat shield

[Thomas Coffee]

Attached: technical details on the Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment.


On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Thomas Coffee <tcoffee at mit.edu> wrote:

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