Human Mars Lander Must Break New Ground

Credit: Karl Edquist/NASA Langley Research Center
For all the attention focused on how hard it will be to keep astronauts alive while they fly from Earth to Mars, the challenge of setting them safely down on the Martian surface will be just as difficult. Entry-descent-and-landing (EDL) experts who spoke at a Humans To Mars symposium here say the...

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