NASA’s Developing an Inflatable Heat Shield to Land Humans on Mars

Amaze Lab 2020-07-22

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Current heat shields are rigid, and the size needed for a large spacecraft carrying humans to Mars won't fit in a rocket. NASA's flexible design, however, takes up less space since it would expand and inflate before entering Mars' atmosphere.
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