Reaching High Altitudes on Mars with an Inflatable Hypersonic Drag Balloon (Ballute)

• Main Author: Griebel, Hannes (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Vieweg+Teubner, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

The concept of probing the atmosphere of planet Mars by means of a hypersonic drag balloon, a device known as a “ballute”, is a novel approach to planetary science. In this concept, the probe deploys an inflatable drag body out in space and may then enter the atmosphere either once or several times...