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To: copycat
copycat...with the computing power available today, you could make GPS-steered parachutes where the jumper just rides it down to a soft landing in a predesignated drop zone.
39 posted on 12/14/2001 4:52:16 PM PST by Poohbah
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To: Poohbah
copycat...with the computing power available today, you could make GPS-steered parachutes where the jumper just rides it down to a soft landing in a predesignated drop zone.

Big Bucks for thousands of those. I'm thinking of a parachute that doesn't catch as much air as the regular type. Jumpers would fall at a faster rate but would fall almost straight down. Less chance to be pushed by winds or crash into adjoining buildings.

Some kind of inflatable landing pad could be deployed a the base of the building by rescue workers.

In addition, smaller chutes would be cheaper and easier to pack.

45 posted on 12/15/2001 8:38:26 AM PST by copycat
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