Actually, you can see the EXACT technique (called "Aerobraking") in the movie 2010:The Year We Make Contact. Here is a pic of the "balloon" heat shield deployed, skimming the upper-upper atmosphere of Jupiter:
4 posted on 01/03/2015 4:39:42 PM PST by Rebel_Ace
(My wife told me to update my tag, so I did.)
