[meteorite-list] Stardust parachute reliability?

From: Martinh <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Sep 8 19:03:45 2004
Message-ID: <423CFF75-01EB-11D9-8618-00306577B3A0_at_isu.edu>

Hi All,

Something else I am wondering about with regard to the Genesis impact
is the reliability of the Stardust sample return parachute which will
deploy in January of 2006 over the same stretch of land.

Seems that the parachute deployment on Beagle on Mars was less than
perfect. And the Mars Rovers had a late deployment of either their
chutes or retros, enough to give a few folks indigestion.

Any thoughts? Ron B.?

Martin
Received on Wed 08 Sep 2004 07:03:12 PM PDT