Is it just me or did it seem like those were slow to open?it seems like there is a chance they could not open? Or is all of this by design? Thanks
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I'm pretty sure they deliberately open it later, to prevent a harsh deceleration which could injure people inside. It's more graceful this way.
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The deacceleration is very smooth in this way. The worst part of an ISS mission is the return. So many g-forces acting on the bodies. Part of it is the parachute but the most important part is the actual impact (60kmph to 0 in like instant).
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You also have to account for the increasing density of the atmosphere as it heads towards the ground.
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I didn't think of that. How is that a difficulty for the astronauts though?
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Bro, I'm not that bright. I just know what the feeling of surfacing when I dive, only in reverse for this craft.
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If everything goes as planned the density should be about the same as on earth inside the capsule.
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Why not one big parachute?
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Four is probably redundant enough to let one or maybe even two fail and still splashdown safely. One big guy is almost equally likely to fail as one of the four, so a single failure would guarantee disaster in that case.
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That parachute system is incredible.
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Wow looks fun! I wish I was inside Dragon!
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Unbelievably graceful.
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Let's leave the parachutes to skydivers and see that baby land on thrusterspic.twitter.com/75u9qaNC7t
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Physics: Not only pretty, it's the law!
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