Longer parachute repack cycle petition (USA)

Evidence to support this claim could come from NASA.
A recent TV programme showed details of the project
to land a probe on Titan one of the Saturn moons

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/operations/index.cfm

The landing was controlled by parachute. They appeared
to perform well as the probe is now sending back data.

The journey took the best part of 7 years........

Dave
PS Some stunning photos on the web site.


At 19:48 28 October 2005, Eric Greenwell wrote:
I just read in the October Soaring that the FAA will
issue a NPRM in
response to a petition from many organizations, including
the SSA. The
petition asks the repack cycle be changed from 120
days to 180 days, a
worthwhile improvement, I think. To view the petition
and the FAA's
response, go to

http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchFormSimple.cfm

and enter docket number 21829.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA