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Thread: Nasa parachute test

Started 2 months, 1 week ago by Jessica6
For those interested another successful test of one of the parachutes to be used on the Ares 1 rocket was done in my neck of the woods. What made it remarkable is it is reportedly the worlds largest parachute, 150' in diameter and the chute alone weighs in at a healthy 2000 pounds. The drop was also the heaviest thing ever dropped/paracuted at our local proving ground. The actual weight ...
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Kataar replied 2 months, 1 week ago
Sweet!

bmckain replied 2 months, 1 week ago
They do the neatest things, imo. Would love to be the guys dropping the 60,000 pounds.

 

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bmckain
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Nasa parachute test
Published (2009-10-10 22:46:00)
They do the neatest things, imo. Would love to be the guys dropping the 60,000 pounds.
Jessica6
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Nasa parachute test
Published (2009-10-09 15:40:00)
For those interested another successful test of one of the parachutes to be used on the Ares 1 rocket was done in my neck of the woods. What made it remarkable is it is reportedly the worlds largest parachute, 150' in diameter and the chute alone weighs in at a healthy 2000 pounds. The drop was also the heaviest thing ever dropped/paracuted at our local proving ground. The actual weight dropped from the C-17 was 72,000 pounds, after...
Kataar
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Nasa parachute test
Published (2009-10-10 17:44:00)
Sweet!

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