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NASA's Orion Mock-Up Fails Parachute Test
leetrout writes "Fox News has the story on a parachute test failing on a mock up of the new Orion spacecraft. 'This is the most complicated parachute test NASA has run since the '60s,' said Carol Evans, test manager for the parachute system at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. 'We are taking a close look at what caused the set-up chutes to malfunction. A failure of set-up parachutes is actually one of the most common occurrences in this sort of test.' Space.com has the video."
A more common occurance than success?
The fall isn't the problem. It's that sudden stop at the end that you should avoid.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Ever since the Coyote filed that lawsuit, Acme Corp's QC has gone down the shitter.
Well, Lou, first that thing fell off. And then that thing fell off. And then that thing fell off. And before all those things fell off, they didn't slow the damn thing down enough to keep the brains of the passengers from splattering through their Dr. Scholl's on that otherwise gentle landing.
That, Lou, is what went wrong.
Confucius say "Parachute like girls legs. Best when open."
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
Good summary, I was wondering why so many chutes deployed and failed. I was waiting for spare tires and pinatas to start streaming out...
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