NASA developing balloon technology for cheap planetary exploration

NASA engineers are developing ways of using balloons as a cost-effective way of exploring the planets. The space agency is interested in using balloons as a means of lowering spacecraft to a planet's surface, delivering instruments to various altitudes and performing aerial photography and other...

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