Thursday, October 15, 2009

Lunar Lander Floats on Electric-blue Jets

Source - NASA Science News for October 15, 2009

How do you fly on a world with no atmosphere? Wings won't work and neither do propellers. The space agency is perfecting the art of "airless flying" using a prototype lunar lander at the Marshall Space Flight Center.

FULL STORY at: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/15oct_lunarlander.htm?list894285

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