Re: Possible Orion landing system

From: fairwater@xxxxxxxxx (Derek Lyons)
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:25:53 GMT

"Alan Erskine" <alan.erskine@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Derek Lyons" <fairwater@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Alan Erskine" <alan.erskine@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Remember the Mercury heat shield cushion? Would that work any better
than the balloons planned for Orion?

No.

Why not?

Because the cushioning effect was minimal.

D.
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