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Originally posted by RoninLB
latest toy to capture cosmic dust.. afaik the 3 'copters missed the parachute and it crashed in a Utah or Calif desert today.
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The problem wasn't that the pilots were unable to snag the parachute, the problem was that the parachutes failed to deploy. So instead of having the helicopter spare the capsule from a 22mph parachute controlled descent, the capsule hit the earth at around 120mph.
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In the stable: 1938 Buick Special model 41, 1963 Solex 2200, 1973 Vespa Primavera 125, 1974 Vespa Rally 200, 1986 VW Vanagon Syncro Westfalia, 1989 VW Doka Tristar, 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser, 2011 Pursuit 315 OS, 2022 Tesla Y
Gone but not forgotten: 1973 VW Beetle, 1989 Porsche 944, 2008 R56 Mini Cooper S
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