On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:52:03 -0600, Pat Flannery wrote
(in article ):

Maybe they will install some sort of a steerable parachute or parafoil
system like the X-38 ISS lifting body rescue craft was going to use.

That's not really the plan, according to the ESAS documents. Three
large-diameter parachutes + airbags for terminal descent, preceded by
pilot and drogue chutes at higher altitude.

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Herb

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