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- | The Mars Pathfinder airbag system was designed to protect the lander regardless of its orientation upon impact with the surface of the planet. The system also was designed to handle lateral movement as well as vertical descent. | + | -The Mars Pathfinder airbag system was designed to protect the lander regardless of its orientation upon impact with the surface of the planet. The system also was designed to handle lateral movement as well as vertical descent. |
- | The result is a robust system capable of landing in rugged but scientifically interesting locations at Mars. Development of the airbags required significant design and test work, but the qualification program for the system was completed in April of 1996, 8 months prior to launch. | + | -The result is a robust system capable of landing in rugged but scientifically interesting locations at Mars. Development of the airbags required significant design and test work, but the qualification program for the system was completed in April of 1996, 8 months prior to launch. |
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- | Airbags are breaking the fall of the Pathfinder | + | -Airbags are breaking the fall of the Pathfinder |
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- | image source: www.ktb.net/ | + | Yet the most interesting space hotel right now is perhaps Bigelow' |
+ | source: www.ktb.net/ | ||
- | The new Space hotels: Rooms for rent in orbit, on the Moon, Mars and beyond. | ||
- | 08:28 pm EDT Oct 21, 2005: | ||
- | If you thought that the future of private space travel is still far away, and will reach only sub orbit at best - think again. One year after the XPrize panned out, teams are racing to undercut each other' | ||
- | Space Adventures just brought the latest space tourist safely back home from the ISS at a cost of 20 million dollars. Sunday, Takafumi Horie, 33, the president of Livedoor revealed his plan to offer tickets for a two to three day orbit of the Earth at around 2 million dollars, using a Salyut space station. | ||
- | Yet the most interesting right now is perhaps Bigelow' | ||