celine (May 26, 2014 5:17:17 GMT -5)
Phil Chuppa shared a link.oh ok.......wait what!?!?space.io9.com/this-flying-saucer-will-be-plummeting-through-the-skies-1578735977This Flying Saucer Will be Plummeting Through the Skies Over Hawaiispace.io9.comPhil Chuppa NASA is planning a series of test flights near Hawaii with their new flying saucer in June. The saucer is testing a new batch of supersonic aids to help heavier payloads survive the six minutes of terror and safely descend through the thin Martian atmosphere.Phil Chuppa The rocket-powered saucer is formally named the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), and is absolutely not an unidentified flying object. It's currently at U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, undergoing testing before its experimental flight test on June 3rd.In June, a balloon will haul the vehicle up to 120,000 feet, then drop it. Booster rockets will quickly kick in to bounce it up another 60,000 feet at Mach 4, levelling off at the rarified air at an altitude of 180,000 feet. High above the Pacific, it will deploy the Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (SIAD), an extremely fancy name for an inflatable Kevlar tube that will surround the saucer. After that, it will release the Supersonic Disk Sail Parachute, a mammoth parachute.Phil Chuppa this is misleading but hinty too.Phil Chuppa half-drip drip...Ed Cruz Nice its hereRead more:
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