WATCH: NASA Tests New Mars Braking System - NPR (blog)
URL: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/08/09/339094943/watch-nasa-tests-new-mars-braking-system
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released a video of its test of a new inflatable braking system designed to land heavy payloads on Mars. The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator was carried aloft by a balloon and then rocketed to an altitude of 190 ...