Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE By Leonard David 8/30/2025
Another payload has been identified flying aboard the recently launched Space Force X-37 space plane – an experiment that may help land humans on Mars.
Lofted into Earth orbit on August 21, the X-36 carries several pieces of webbing material, known as Zylon that are being exposed to the harsh vacuum of space.
The Zylon material is under study as part of NASA’s Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator – or HIAD in space shorthand. HIAD is an aeroshell concept under development by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
The HIAD aeroshell technology is designed to allow larger spacecraft to safely descend through the atmospheres of celestial bodies like Mars, Venus, and even Saturn’s moon, Titan.
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