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Space Forum / Shuttle / April 2008Possible Orion landing system
Remember the Mercury heat shield cushion? Would that work any better than the balloons planned for Orion? Might even be lighter. From memory, the heat shield is replaced on Orion after each flight anyway; so it might as well serve a dual purpose. >Remember the Mercury heat shield cushion? Would that work any better than >the balloons planned for Orion? No. D.  SignatureTouch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh. http://derekl1963.livejournal.com/ -Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings. Oct 5th, 2004 JDL > >Remember the Mercury heat shield cushion? Would that work any better than > >the balloons planned for Orion? > > No. Why not? >> >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. SignatureTouch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh. http://derekl1963.livejournal.com/ -Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings. Oct 5th, 2004 JDL > Remember the Mercury heat shield cushion? Would that work any better than > the balloons planned for Orion? Might even be lighter. From memory, the > heat shield is replaced on Orion after each flight anyway; so it might as > well serve a dual purpose. Yes. Danny Deger www.dannydeger.blogspot.com |
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