[roc-chat] Re: Saucer launch today (Sorry Kramer it's way bigger than yours)

  • From: Brian Barney <rocketbarney@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 08:24:25 -0600

Next thing you know, they will be flying a spin stabilized football....

-Brian Barney


On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 8:07 AM, <kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If NASA cant get it to work....
>
>
> http://aviationweek.com/blog/parachute-failure-mars-nasas-ldsd-pacific-flight-test
>
> This is why I don't use chutes on saucers...
>
>
> BTW, I forgot where I read it, but NASA is working on a very light weight
> flexible asteroid interceptor using nano materials.  The program is known
> as 'nano orbital opportunistic divert lightweight experiment' or NOODLE.
> The noodle was tested in NASA's neutral buoyancy simulator.
>
> A NASA press release stated that the NOODLE is followed up by the
> 'parasitic intercept zero zenith ablator', a large round decelerator
> consisting of a gluten based disk with a lactose derived ablator, it looks
> like small disks of a protein / hydrocarbon are on the lactose layer.
> The 'parasitic intercept zero zenith ablator', is better known as 'PIZZA'.
>
> Hey wait a minute, saucer (without chute) followed by NOODLE, followed by
> PIZZA....
>
> Mike Kramer
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Saucer launch today (Sorry Kramer it's way
> bigger than yours)
> From: "jim" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, June 28, 2014 9:18 pm
> To: <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>  Shoot, chute, it all comes out in the end….
>
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>  *From:* roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [
> mailto:roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On
> Behalf Of *Mike & Nancy Kramer
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 28, 2014 5:27 PM
> *To:* roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [roc-chat] Re: Saucer launch today (Sorry Kramer it's way
> bigger than yours)
>
> what is this chute thing you keep talking about in the saucer?
>
> Mike 'I dont need no stinking chute' Kramer
>
>
>  On 6/28/2014 3:17 PM, David Erbas-White wrote:
>
> On 6/28/2014 10:27 AM, John Howard wrote:
>
>
> I dunno...
>
> Did Kramer pack the chute??? <G>
>
> (nice to know we aren't the only ones who have recovery issues...)
>
> David Erbas-White
>
>
>
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