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To: snopercod; XBob

46 posted on 09/08/2004 9:13:50 AM PDT by RadioAstronomer

To: RadioAstronomer

Thanks for the ping. The telemetry should pinpoint what failed.

277 posted on 09/08/2004 10:58:25 AM PDT by snopercod (I have no interest in streamlining government or making it more efficient, I mean to reduce its size)

To: RadioAstronomer; snopercod

46 - "Sigh."

Appropriate comment.

IRRC We have already done this successfully several times over the years from on orbit. But, this time - 'no drogue chute', to pull out the main chute. And they used the 'fancy' square aerodynamic chute, which makes a much softer landing, but which is much harder to pull out, and absolutely needs a drogue chute to open the main chute,

Sometimes the old ways are better.

But (and I don't want to open the argument again), until we develop alternative propulsion systems, this is just one of the many problems we will continue to encounter.

302 posted on 09/08/2004 4:08:31 PM PDT by XBob (Free-traitors steal our jobs for their profit.)

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