Magazine Article

Aerial Deployment and Inflation System for Mars Helium Balloons

TBMG-5423

07/01/2009

Abstract
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A method is examined for safely deploying and inflating helium balloons for missions at Mars. The key for making it possible to deploy balloons that are light enough to be buoyant in the thin, Martian atmosphere is to mitigate the transient forces on the balloon that might tear it.

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"Aerial Deployment and Inflation System for Mars Helium Balloons," Mobility Engineering, July 1, 2009.
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Jul 1, 2009
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TBMG-5423
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Magazine Article
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English