NASA News: Houston, we have a problem.

[FlyTexas]

Who wants to be the first to fly on Orion?

http://www.space.com/common/media/video ... chute_test


Brian

[HawkerHart]

Me thinks that would have hurt a tad!!

And the wobbles rather nausiating(excuse the spelling). Kinda reminds me of the footage of WW2 Italian Paratroops linked to there chute at one point in the middle of their back, hehe.

And this: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MlZ9_GSSx9U

[Garry Russell]

You'd think they would be able to work parachutes out :think:

Luckily the ground was there to break it's fall :doho:

Garry

[John]

You know it's not like this hasn't been done before, so how did it go so wrong?

Ah! Because it didn't always go right in testing for Apollo ;-)

http://www.astronautix.com/details/apo17875.htm

Kind regards

John