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To: SunkenCiv

Three main parachutes are deployed on each SRB. Each main parachute has a diameter of 136 feet. The main parachutes accompany each SRB to water impact, which occurs about 295 seconds after SRB separation at a speed of about 81 feet per second.”

Each chute has a diameter about 1 and half times the length of a basketball court and 81 ft. per sec is about 55 mph.

These are 3 huge chutes and the rocket is still coming in at 55 mph.


16 posted on 02/26/2014 8:15:39 PM PST by staytrue
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To: staytrue

Yeah, that wasn’t a bad velocity, although it’s too fast for skydivers. :’)


17 posted on 02/27/2014 4:07:57 AM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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