Watch closely as NASA deploys the world's biggest parachute at supersonic speeds
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/30/nasa_mars_parachute/
Video NASA engineers have launched a gigantic parachute as big as a size of a house at record speed to prepare for its Mars 2020 mission.
The object, dubbed ASPIRE (Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiments), unfolded from a small cylinder to a massive parachute, weighing over 80 kilograms (180 pounds), in just four-tenths of a second.
Watch closely as NASA deploys the world's biggest parachute at supersonic speeds
Oct 30, 2018, 7:14am UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/30/nasa_mars_parachute/
> Video NASA engineers have launched a gigantic parachute as big as a size of a house at record speed to prepare for its Mars 2020 mission.
> The object, dubbed ASPIRE (Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiments), unfolded from a small cylinder to a massive parachute, weighing over 80 kilograms (180 pounds), in just four-tenths of a second.