Comments on: Pretty cool ad https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/07/pretty-cool-ad/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:05:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/07/pretty-cool-ad/#comment-8245 RobVG Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:06:37 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5116#comment-8245 0 to 60 in 0.4 seconds dropped from a plane. In that time it should be going around 10mph. You guys are no fun. ;) 0 to 60 in 0.4 seconds dropped from a plane. In that time it should be going around 10mph. You guys are no fun. ;)

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/07/pretty-cool-ad/#comment-8225 Jody Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:56:51 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5116#comment-8225 Gaining weight. Gaining weight.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/07/pretty-cool-ad/#comment-8224 RobVG Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:23:24 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5116#comment-8224 <p>Okay, here's a hint, what's the acceleration of gravity?... n/t</p> Okay, here’s a hint, what’s the acceleration of gravity?… n/t

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/07/pretty-cool-ad/#comment-8216 TB Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:32:42 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5116#comment-8216 We were testing the drop phase for an air-launched booster for DARPA. It cost less to build several basic metal mockups with ballast than trying to create a recovery system that would bring it down on the desert unharmed. We were testing the drop phase for an air-launched booster for DARPA. It cost less to build several basic metal mockups with ballast than trying to create a recovery system that would bring it down on the desert unharmed.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/07/pretty-cool-ad/#comment-8213 bowser Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:08:00 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5116#comment-8213 Just sitting around, were you, noticed the plane, saw the mockup and came up with the idea? Someone said "We don't have a parachute." Someone else said "We don't need no stinkin' parachute!" Just sitting around, were you, noticed the plane, saw the mockup and came up with the idea? Someone said “We don’t have a parachute.” Someone else said “We don’t need no stinkin’ parachute!”

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/07/pretty-cool-ad/#comment-8212 TB Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:50:03 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5116#comment-8212 On the Quickreach project we were dropping full-sized mockup rocket boosters out of a cargo plane. A lot bigger, and a lot heavier. Tricky stuff, especially for the pilot. No parachute on our mockup - hit the desert like a ton of bricks. On the Quickreach project we were dropping full-sized mockup rocket boosters out of a cargo plane. A lot bigger, and a lot heavier. Tricky stuff, especially for the pilot.

No parachute on our mockup – hit the desert like a ton of bricks.

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