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Hi!

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My name is Matt Moholt; I’m a structures
Engineer, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research

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Center in The Flight Load Laboratory.

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As a structures Engineer, I develop advanced
structures, using new materials, which of

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course involves, lot’s of testing here in
the Flight Loads Laboratory.

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In the Flight Loads Laboratory, we test advanced
structures such as the Hypersonic Inflatable

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Airodynamic Decelerator or as we call it,
HIAD.

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HIAD is a technology that will allow larger
spacecraft to enter the Martian atmosphere,

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thus paving the way for human missions.

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I designed a test fixture to load each individual
torres in compression which allowed the designers

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to have a better understanding of the mechanical
performance of the structure.

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HIAD will help humans explore Mars by enabling
larger vehicles to slow down by providing

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a deployable method to increase the drag in
the Martian atmosphere.

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NASA turned science fiction into science fact
by creating inflatable structures that will

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one day, enable humans to explore Mars by
creating bigger vehicles that can slow down

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in the Martian atmosphere.