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August 9th 12, 01:31 PM
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Mars orbiters
On Aug 1, 9:27*pm, JF Mezei wrote:
I do find the landing technique to be "very different". *I have to wonder how they managed to test this on earth. Could they have used helium balloons to reduce the weight of the lander so the parachutes and lander engines would decelerate at same rate as on mars ? Was not tested on earth. 
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