SpaceX picks Airborn for recovery systems

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Link....<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p><b>Airborne to Create Parachute for SpaceX</b><br /><br />SANTA ANA, Calif., May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Airborne Systems, which has combined the world's leading parachute brands specializing in aerial delivery, rescue and survival equipment, and engineering services announced that its Space and Recovery Systems Engineering team (formerly Irvin Aerospace) has been selected to provide Recovery Systems for Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s (SpaceX) Falcon 9/Dragon system.<br /><br />These systems will support government and commercial launch operations and the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. The Airborne Systems team will design and manufacture parachutes andrelated equipment to recover both the First and Second Stages of the Falcon9 Rocket and the Dragon Capsule. The capsule will become a transportation vehicle to deliver cargo to and return equipment from NASA's International Space Station (ISS). In addition to carrying cargo, it is also being designed to transport crew members to the ISS in the future. <br /> /><p><hr /></p></p></blockquote> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

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Any word on whether they are using conventional round chutes or something steerable?

 

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I would think with a water landing round. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>