NASA ’s vanish saucer test flight of steps , which was schedule for June 2 , has been delay due to turbulent ocean stipulation . If the waves are too high-pitched then it will become difficult for the recovery team to find the craft and its data point safely . Other shape have to be gross too : the launch team is eager to fend off high breaking wind and stormy weather .
The upper side to the hold is that if you were going to drop the launch on the 2d then you still have the chance to watch it ( hereandhere ) . The earliest the saucer will take to the skies is onJune 4th 2015 , but only if the Hawaiian surf behaves . The deadline for the craft to launch isJune 12th , so hopefully the ocean will cool it down for a safe test flight .
The fast saucer ’s literal name is pretty awesome : the Low - Density Supersonic Decelerator ( LDSD ) . The entire craftsmanship , with fuel , weighs3,088 kilograms(6,808 Ezra Pound ) . This flying disk could be NASA ’s solution to ensuring that large consignment land safely on other planets . Often , getting paraphernalia off the undercoat is heavy enough , but the headaches increase tenfold when you need to bring down something safely at the other final stage of a place escape . At the second , Mars is in the saucer ’s sights , but if it ’s successful , who roll in the hay where else it might go ? Maybe other exotic life will have real , unexplained flying disk sightings thanks to LDSD .
In the meanwhile , there ’s lots to get excited about , including this video of aprevious test launching . It has definite mixed results .
NASA ’s flying discus test from 2014
The test launching was outstandingly successful : the parachute deployment admittedly seemed a little futile as it got tear up almost immediately . However , NASA’sIan Clarkis not deterred by the parachute ’s performance , claimingthat they are " rewrite the books on high - pep pill parachute operations . "
The Supersonic Ringsail parachute design deployed by the flying dish aerial . NASA
The LDSD is an ambitious spring in landing engineering . The current state of deceleration technology is based on the parachute used in the1976 Viking Program . The same chute design was used to help lowerCuriosityonto Mars in 2012 . But , asprograms to Marsget heavier and more complicated we require better lineage technology .
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