<p> </p><p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Yep, you'd hit the ground from a few hundred feet altitude with the chute still unfurling. Not recommended.</DIV></p><p>Hehe, good stuff. Always an interesting read from Wayne, thanks for the link! </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
The patronising assumption that the Russians stole the escape system idea was rather annoying and spoiled it. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em> Arthur Clarke</p> </div>