"Jeff Findley" wrote:
Interesting. Real testing being done with capsule applications. This seems
to indicate that Lockheed Martin seriously believes that the CEV will be a
capsule based design, not some winged or lifting body design that NASA was
in love with from the late 60's through the 90's.

Either that, or they are looking ahead to getting into the
Tourism/CATS race if it takes off, either as airframe providers or
technology licenses.

How many times has the discussion come up in these groups where capsules are
"put down" due to their harsh landing mode (with previous capsules used to
"prove" that this is so). Using this dual airbag technology seems to
eliminate this problem.

We don't know how harsh a landing this technology provides.

D.
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