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Why not use a parachute for landing, like the old Space Capsules?

April 26, 2017capsules landing parachute

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Why not use a parachute for landing, like the old Space Capsules?

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Those old capsules set down at sea for a reason. Landing a large vehicle by parachute is hard on anyone in it. Such landings can end in broken bones and internal injuries. The Russian Soyuz capsules use a parachute landing, but even they use braking rockets to slow them at the last moment.