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

["Gregory Snyder" <snyde032@tc.umn.edu>]

Best of Luck Phil !
We will be cheering for you here in Minnesota!
By the way, could those para-wings be set to hit a specific lawyer's house?
Just asking -
Sincerely,
Greg

----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Nuytten <72020.572@compuserve.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] RECOVERY TEAM TO TEST BOOSTER RETRIEVAL BY
SUBMARINE DURINGSTS-101 MISSION


> Hi, Allan:
>         Darn, don't tell NASA about the para-wing recovery . . .we need
the
> work!! Seriously, the major reason that  'land landings' aren't practical
> is a matter of potential liability, rather than technology. If the
guidance
> system was damaged during seperation, for example, and the whole mess came
> down on some lawyer's outdoor wedding . . .well, you get the picture! In
> the case of a wet landing, it is only neccesary to post a 'notice to
> mariners; and unca' Sam be off de hook!  FYI, we did a bunch of practise
> runs a couple of weeks ago - installing the dewatering/floatation assembly
> into a test rocket nozzle and cuting the parachute webbing, etc. Went
100%.
> Our crew left this AM for the Cape. Launch scheduled for 18th . . .cross
> fingers!!
>