No-Crash Landing
Credit: NASA PHOTOS
NASA engineers are testing an energy-absorbing device, conceived for next-generation manned spacecraft, as a way of cushioning helicopters in crash landings. The device is described as an expandable airbag with an internal honeycomb construction, fabricated mostly of Kevlar aramid fiber. A recent...
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