NASA HIAD
Free AppAbout NASA HIAD
A giant cone of inner tubes stacked together may someday help cargo, or even people, land on another planet or return to Earth. NASA calls the spacecraft technology HIAD - Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator.
Learn the challenges NASA faces as it works to develop an inflatable spacecraft. Choose the right shape, materials and trajectory to use a HIAD to bring cargo back from space.
To successfully guide an inflatable spacecraft through the super heat of atmospheric re-entry requires the right stuff. If you inflate too early, your shape is incorrect or your material isn’t strong enough - you burn up. And if you get all that right and miss the target the mission is a bust.
Try your hand at landing a HIAD and become a rocket scientist. Advance through all stages at each of the four levels, collecting up to three stars for each successful landing.
The HIAD game challenges players to successfully land a HIAD after launching from the International Space Station and arriving at a target ground point on Earth. To successfully reach the target, players must:
• Undock from the ISS and use thruster control to steer the spacecraft towards the desired de-orbit point
• Inflate the HIAD aeroshell to reduce velocity and protect the payload from the heat of atmospheric re-entry
• Steer the inflated HIAD to the ground target prior to parachute deployment, taking into account the prevailing winds
• Customize the HIAD vehicle to achieve different performance characteristics to improve results
FEATURES
• Multiple spacecraft configurations and options
• Speed and trajectory controls
• In-game introduction
• Four levels of engineering mastery
• Locked levels
• Scoring for each level
• Help section
• Links to related website
Learn the challenges NASA faces as it works to develop an inflatable spacecraft. Choose the right shape, materials and trajectory to use a HIAD to bring cargo back from space.
To successfully guide an inflatable spacecraft through the super heat of atmospheric re-entry requires the right stuff. If you inflate too early, your shape is incorrect or your material isn’t strong enough - you burn up. And if you get all that right and miss the target the mission is a bust.
Try your hand at landing a HIAD and become a rocket scientist. Advance through all stages at each of the four levels, collecting up to three stars for each successful landing.
The HIAD game challenges players to successfully land a HIAD after launching from the International Space Station and arriving at a target ground point on Earth. To successfully reach the target, players must:
• Undock from the ISS and use thruster control to steer the spacecraft towards the desired de-orbit point
• Inflate the HIAD aeroshell to reduce velocity and protect the payload from the heat of atmospheric re-entry
• Steer the inflated HIAD to the ground target prior to parachute deployment, taking into account the prevailing winds
• Customize the HIAD vehicle to achieve different performance characteristics to improve results
FEATURES
• Multiple spacecraft configurations and options
• Speed and trajectory controls
• In-game introduction
• Four levels of engineering mastery
• Locked levels
• Scoring for each level
• Help section
• Links to related website
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More downloads NASA HIAD reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads NASA HIAD reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
What are users saying about NASA HIAD
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Iam going to prove that Aliens are there in jupitor and our team going to bring back aliens from jupitor to earth and our team 1.D.Shiva kumar,2.andrilla Roy, 3.pranavi,4.Snikitha kiran,5.srinivas and also it should be passed to NASA and send us to jupitor to bring back aliens to earth from jupitor its our open challenge and bet and information to NASA and also to world
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Thanks again to nasa
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Interludes, for 'downhill sliding away'
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THIS IS NOT REAL . IT'S ANIMATION. ? .
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"120315...thanks..."
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Awsome
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It's addictive, but so easy to me. More challenging I want
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Advancing space technology!
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Good but there should be more levels!
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Wasting my time >:(
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Loved it
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Amazing application
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Incredible
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Requires Adobe Air
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Requires adobe add on. That's not cool.
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Super
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@gadfly@ramybk712@axeer studio
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I'm not down with that
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"121014...if space is material, then it may be folded...'time travel',,,but let's go with what we got...thanks..."
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I played this tutorial over and over. I don't get where the target is. The thing on the left doesn't seem to have any horizontal information about the target. Very dumb game. Maybe it's just for NASA pilots and not normal people. If I get past the tutorial level does NASA contact me for their astronaut training program? I guess I'll never know.
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Me like to hiad and nasa
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Superb
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Awsome
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3 starred every level, too easy and need more levels, but cool nevertheless!
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A wsome and excellent
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Good
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I like it.
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Don't waste your time.
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I wish every app said it needs no permissions. I'm yet to try it but so far it's a good start :)
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Requires Adobe Air to run, not worth it.
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Nice but it requires Adobe air to be installed on your phone.
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but actually too easy
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Nice bat easy. Well done the same.
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Interesting game
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air ..
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Cool!
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Okay, so it doesn't have the greatest graphics. It still let's me learn about future technology. They need to somehow incorporate bacon.
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Totally dependant on having Adobe AIR installed. Seriously - you can send a probe to other planets but you can't program a game on your own NASA?
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THIS IS NOT REAL . IT'S ANIMATION. ? .