Posted on October 26, 2008 - by CDS, 0 Comments
Nuclear Destroyer – NASA Mars Rover 2009
US aerospace titan Lockheed Martin announced yesterday that they had shipped the “backshell” for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, the top half of the tin in which the rover will fly through space.As the MSL descends from deep space into the thin atmosphere of Mars, the two-part aeroshell module will steer itself down by ejecting ballast to shift its centre of gravity. The backshell is mounted on a special-for-Mars ablative heat shield base made of cork and silicone, much of which will burn away from atmospheric friction as the spacecraft plunges down.
Source: The Register
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