<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbHj4P81voA&feature=plcp it looks like the parachute might be attached to the where the gash was, in part. It might be a harness of some sort. But from this vid, it's hard to tell if the parachute was store nearer to the heat shield. My guess is no and that it's merely a harness stored under some covering that goes when the parachute is deployed or later during recovery.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Dan<br></div></body></html>