Re: RE: RE: RE: starship-design: YES, we might do it.

[KellySt@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/16/98 6:37:48 AM, lparker@cacaphony.net wrote:

>Kelly,
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>> spiky balloon like things?  Doesn't ring any bells.  Could you reasonably
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>> build and drop safe ones for pennies a pound to surface and back
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>> to market?
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>I don't really know. They (NASA) have tested them, although I don't think
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>the drop was from orbit, I think so far they have just tossed them from high
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>flying aircraft to evaluate their impact performance. Basically it was just
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>an inflatable balloon shaped like a caltrop or a child's jack, very similar
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>to what was used on Mars. Apparently it can soft land a rather large payload
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>very cheaply.
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>Lee


Sorry, havent a clue.

Kelly