"Ed Kyle" wrote in message
oups.com...
I've been thinking about reusable launch vehicles
and parachutes lately:

"http://www.geocities.com/launchreport/weblog.html"

- Ed Kyle


This one is a cheap GPS guided parachute landing system:
http://www.mmist.ca/

And this one is a pneumatic muscle actuator for parachutes, enabling
near zero landing velocity and the use of much smaller parachutes:
http://www.vertigo-inc.com/air_drop_.../pma/pma.shtml

Pete.