I wondered if the chutes could somehow have the outer few metres furled, held in place with radial straps, then released with pyros. Sort of self-drogue-ing.
I shall go off to research the state of parachute art.
It really is jolly warm in here. I ought to take my anorak off.
I was thinking more of the sperm whale and the bowl of petunias.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I think you may have posted this anno to the wrong thread!
ReplyDeleteSo long and thanks for all the lift?
ReplyDeleteThe chute deployment was interesting - looked like the chutes unfurled in two or three stages between about 4:15 and 4:30
ReplyDeleteI'll get me anorak.
Hmmm. The 4:15 mark looked like drogues and the 4:30 were potentially unseen 'chutes.
ReplyDeleteI think I need to go out and have a half of bitter......
I wondered if the chutes could somehow have the outer few metres furled, held in place with radial straps, then released with pyros.
ReplyDeleteSort of self-drogue-ing.
I shall go off to research the state of parachute art.
It really is jolly warm in here.
I ought to take my anorak off.
I love Darkstar the movie...
ReplyDeletenot sure in my befuddled state what the rest of it was all about..
Well, Carpenter went on to make lots of (mostly Horror/Halloween) films, and O'Bannon made Alien... Erm you might spot some similarities there!
ReplyDeleteOr did you mean the bits about phenomenology? Lord knows what that was about!
Great view of the Cape.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLpwSePce60
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_SRB
90 tonnes!