https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-flawed-first-flight-for-nasas-saucer-for-testing-mars-landing-techniques/ Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:47:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-flawed-first-flight-for-nasas-saucer-for-testing-mars-landing-techniques/#comment-173062 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:47:03 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=29165#comment-173062 We’ll have to wait to hear whether the vehicle was damaged and to what extent. The black box data will also need to be analyzed to determine overall mission success (was the black box retrieved?). I hope JPL had contingency plans for dealing with a bad chute scenario, especially since it was apparently the largest chute of its kind ever tested.

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