At last, here's the video of NASA's LDSD test; the Low-Density
Supersonic Decelerator system that will take a new rover to
Mars one even larger than Curiosity.
It's impressive to see the entire system in action, working like
clockwork even while the supersonic parachute display failed.
Listen to the commentary by Ian Clark explaining everything
in detail, principal investigator of the LDSD, affectionally known
at NASA as the Flying Saucer.
LDSD: Supersonic Test Flight (HD)
Supersonic Decelerator system that will take a new rover to
Mars one even larger than Curiosity.
It's impressive to see the entire system in action, working like
clockwork even while the supersonic parachute display failed.
Listen to the commentary by Ian Clark explaining everything
in detail, principal investigator of the LDSD, affectionally known
at NASA as the Flying Saucer.
LDSD: Supersonic Test Flight (HD)
The NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project
successfully flew a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle
into near-space in late June from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile
Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii.
The goal of this experimental flight test, the first of three
planned for the project, was to determine if the balloon-launched
rocket-powered saucer-shaped, design could reach the altitudes
and airspeeds needed to test two new breakthrough technologies
destined for future Mars missions.