IRVE‑3 Launches at Wallops
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The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE‑3) was successfully launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore on July 21. IRVE‑3 is part of the Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator or HIAD project — within the NASA Space Technology Program’s Game Changing Development Program.
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IRVE‑3 Launches at Wallops
12 Comments
12 Comments
Damn, i wanted to see the re-entry!
how much would it cost to have a go on that ride?
Does it inflate fast or slow?
Did it have burnout at 58 seconds? What was the speed and altitude at that point?
Very excited about this. This could enable us to put things on mars TWICE as large as we have with current technology. One of the most important launches of the year! Can’t wait to see this on a spacecraft. Maybe Bigelow will lease the tech from NASA 😀 More inflatable stuff could work for them.
I want a ticket.
Its a giant mushroom!
good questions.
i wonder how many gs it pulled to get up there that fast and what the re-entry speed was.
I got to see this launch from the southern tip of Chincoteague Island. It was cool to watch!
Tee Hee those little guys are pretty cool. They look Delicious too, but I had no idea there were so many laws on mushrooms or fungus!!!!!
I don’t see why NASA can’t have larger cargo and even manned launches on the Eastern Shore. Its a natural peninsula and the Navy is based in this region. This would allow the Navy quicker access for astronauts returning to Earth in Orion capsules. I would also say the Outer Banks also, but since they’re so prone to erosion and Hurricanes I don’t see any feasibility there
nasa is based on the eastern shore, because as you should know, the earth is orbiting from west to east. This provides an advantage to launching in that direction because it takes less fuel to get into orbit. (they want to launch so that ascent stages come down in the ocean and don’t cause damage)
Why they can’t have larger cargo is pure physics. The more cargo, the more thrust you need, and thus the more fuel, and bigger rocket.