[ExI] Recovered Dragon Capsule

[spike]

>... On Behalf Of Joseph Bloch
Subject: Re: [ExI] Recovered Dragon Capsule

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Dan <dan_ust at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2266.html
>
>> I wonder what the huge gash in it was caused by.

>...Apparently that's a track for the parachute lines.

Joe
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That's what I concluded as well.  The parachute must be inside the capsule
for the maximum reentry deceleration to move the CG as close to the shield
as possible, then the lines need to attach up top.

Way to go SpaceX!

spike