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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Challenger SRBs
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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 16:34:53 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 21 16:34:53 1986
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> What happens if you deploy a parachute on a rocket that is headed almost
> straight downward?  Won't it get tangled in the parachute?

With a gradual-deployment system like that of the SRBs (small chute comes
out first, pulls out bigger chute, which pulls out still bigger chutes),
one of the major purposes of the early stages in chute deployment is to
get the thing pointing the right way.  It needs attention but it's manageable.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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