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Decelerating from ~27,600 km/hr would be the main challenge :)
by ender7 12y ago
Decelerating from ~27,600 km/hr would be the main challenge :)
- twic 12y agoThe Russians are having a crack at it: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6714639/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/russians-keep-working-space-parachute/ http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6714639/ns/technology_and_science-... Henry Spencer reckons it's been seriously considered all the way back, and he invented regular expressions, so, er, well apparently being a computer scientist gives you parachute credibility this week: http://yarchive.net/space/launchers/personal_reentry.html http://yarchive.net/space/launchers/personal_reentry.html And there's some intriguing work from various people about using tethers as highly unconventional parachutes: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/009457659500108C http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/00945765950...