Talk about "going long". Jim G. From: roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Barney Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2014 7:24 AM To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Saucer launch today (Sorry Kramer it's way bigger than yours) 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…. _____ From: roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: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 -- ROC-Chat mailing list roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx //www.freelists.org/list/roc-chat