Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] RECOVERY TEAM TO TEST BOOSTER RETRIEVAL BY SUBMARINE DURINGSTS-101 MISSION

["Allan Gaines" <Allan_Gaines@yahoo.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: David Buchner <buchner@wcta.net>
To: psubs list <Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org>
Date: Saturday, April 22, 2000 08:42 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] RECOVERY TEAM TO TEST BOOSTER RETRIEVAL BY
SUBMARINE DURINGSTS-101 MISSION



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Hello everyone.  I've got an slightly off-topic question
regarding Space Shuttle solid rocket booster recovery
which I'm curious about, though maybe only Nemo
might have an answer to this one:

During the 60's (and maybe into the 70's) NASA did a lot
of research into using parawings- versions of the thing
Francis Rogallo invented in the late 40's- for recovery
of space capsules and space boosters.  Why didn't NASA
develop recoverable boosters that would return to Earth
via parawings (or parafoils?) by telemetry control, then
"land on land" using using some type of wheels or skids?

-Allan Gaines
 North Carolina, USA

PS  FYI, I may be moving in a few weeks, and if so
I will unsubscribe from the list until I get moved.  After
settling in at the new address, I'll resubscribe.

PPS  Had NASA developed the boosters to "land on
land, there would be no need for a submarine to recover
them.  By asking this, I am *NOT* making a hit against
subs or psub'rs <g>.