Drop tower layout is shown featuring a non-vacuum dual capsule design at a low cost.
Drop capsules were aerodynamically optimized to achieve quality of better than 4576516305811&_mathId=si0001.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0094576516305811&_rdoc=1&_issn=00945765&md5=79adadb1aea7ed57ace2c361db108a74" title="Click to view the MathML source">10−5 g.
Molten rod release mechanism allows disturbances to be damped within less than 0.1 s.
Performance of deceleration device with polystyrene beads was tested in small scale.
Deceleration method shows promising performance although smaller beads are required.