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Fezman92
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posted 10-26-2010 09:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fezman92   Click Here to Email Fezman92     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What happens to the parachute that the shuttle deploys after landing?

ASCAN1984
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posted 10-26-2010 09:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ASCAN1984   Click Here to Email ASCAN1984     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I think it is reused.

Lou Chinal
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posted 12-13-2010 07:17 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lou Chinal   Click Here to Email Lou Chinal     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
They are repacked and reused. Only a total of 12 were made. They were manufactured by Irvin Aerospace Inc. (Irvin Air Chute) of Hope Mills, North Carolina.

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