To: Vince Ferrer
Why can’t they use parachutes and airbags?.......
32 posted on
04/15/2015 6:48:47 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Red Badger
Why can’t they use parachutes and airbags?
Too heavy. Not just the parachute itself, but the reinforcements necessary for the rocket body. The force vector of the rocket exhaust is totally different from the force vector of the parachute yanking at the top of the rocket.
38 posted on
04/15/2015 8:19:05 PM PDT by
Colinsky
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