Pete Lynn wrote:
"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

Thanks for the links. I originally mentioned Irvin
Aerospace "http://www.airbornesystems-na.com/main.html"
who makes the Falcon 1 and Kistler K1 parachutes. I've
now added a link to Pioneer Aerospace
"http://www.pioneeraero.com/homepage.htm" builds the RSRB
chutes and developed the Mars Exploration Rover parachute
systems.

- Ed Kyle
"http://www.geocities.com/launchreport/weblog.html"