Download or read book Reaching High Altitudes on Mars With an Inflatable Hypersonic Drag Balloon written by Hannes Stephan Griebel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannes Griebel studies space applications for the hypersonic drag balloon (ballute), specifically emergency low Earth orbit recovery and delivering payloads to high altitude landing sites on Mars. The author discusses the theory behind such a mission along with experience gained during its practical implementation, such as mission design, manufacturing, packing and deployment techniques as well as ground and flight tests.