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re: Air drop video for Mars airbag landing system ?

Thanks for the info. If memory serves, approximately 70 MPH at Earth density is roughly equivalent to a supersonic opening on Mars. I wonder what caused the earlier chute failure. After all, parachutes here open at much higher speeds than 70 MPH. Perhaps they tried to cut the margins too close to save weight.

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