Re: Balute?
- From: "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 06:26:13 GMT
"Mark Lopa" <captain59@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Chris Schumacher" <kensu__@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Damon Hill <damonunoseisuno@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> >> Short for balloon/parachute. Works better when it has to
> >> be deployed at high speeds that would shred a conventional
> >> parachute.
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> > It's also been theorized that they could be used as heat shields, though
I
> > don't know if they've ever done any tests with them.
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> Is this similar to the breaking technique shown in "2010: The Year We Make
> Contact"?
Bingo in one!
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>
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