tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post5966676226106888078..comments2024-03-27T19:38:49.490-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Dropping a Perfectly Good Space Capsule Out of an AirplaneSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-82211691757816092272020-02-15T10:54:32.733-05:002020-02-15T10:54:32.733-05:00One of my favorite lines in the under-rated movie ...One of my favorite lines in the under-rated movie "The Fifth Element" is when Gary Oldman, after the abject failure of his alien minions to accomplish a simple burglary, stomped off and fumed, "If you want something done <i>right</i>, do it <i>yourself!</i>"<br /><br />Truer words were never spoken.Malatropehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130944283006020214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-29941757241478258392020-02-15T10:11:26.505-05:002020-02-15T10:11:26.505-05:00That seems to be what this is really about. Space...That seems to be what this is really about. SpaceX contracted a company that "knows how to do it" and the chutes failed, so SpaceX developed much better modeling methods. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-52217417224174117132020-02-15T00:13:29.691-05:002020-02-15T00:13:29.691-05:00The last I heard, there is no deterministic engine...The last I heard, there is no deterministic engineering method for designing parachutes. It's all based on Prior Art, which can be dodgy when things get supersonic. Maybe this is improving. Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08075903551422300106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-66163013167630376562020-02-14T22:16:53.203-05:002020-02-14T22:16:53.203-05:00forced NASA to reevaluate its own standards and ce...<i>forced NASA to reevaluate its <b>own</b> standards and certification processes.</i> <br /><br />Well, well, well.....NASA probably hasn't done any rigorous testing of parachutes since the 1960's, so SpaceX steps up to the plate.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-37094104491798827762020-02-14T21:39:23.903-05:002020-02-14T21:39:23.903-05:00It will be good to see Americans return to space, ...It will be good to see Americans return to space, in an American ship.<br /><br />As a bonus, not one built by NASA.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.com