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even for eons a US army test facility

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where we test everything from artillery

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to wheeled and tracked vehicles to

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aviation their delivery systems you

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improve ground is about the size it's a

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little larger than Rhode Island and

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about a third size of Massachusetts the

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US Army Proving Grounds has been part of

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the space program since the induction of

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the space program we see behind us is

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the waked up for the cluster drop test

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and which is testing the configuration

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of a 3 main parachute which will be the

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same configuration of the actual Ares

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rocket will be coming coming down when

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it separates on a lot we're very excited

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here at yuma proving grounds to help out

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with the space program and be part of

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that the Ares and constellation program

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the objective of today's test is to to

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get some basic performance

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characteristics of our Ares one main

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parachutes in a cluster configuration

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before we transported it to the plane we

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did a weight and balance on the on the

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load to ensure that we were within the

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the 42,000 pounds that we were planning

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on for the test and then also wanted to

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see where the center of gravity of the

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load was located for our for our test

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purposes we brought in a flatbed truck

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and we lifted up that pallet with the

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weighted tub and the cluster of

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parachutes on it and and transported it

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down here to the c-17 aircraft for that

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for the drop what what happens is we

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have a 15-foot tow parachute that's

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that's thrown out the back of the

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aircraft and when we get to the right

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location in on the drop zone that 15

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foot the tow parachute extracts 228 foot

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extraction parachutes that that then

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pulled the tub and pallet assembly out

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of the back of the aircraft the

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extraction parachutes are then release

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and they deploy a programer parachute

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and then the the load falls under the

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programmer parachute for about 25

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seconds at that point the the programmer

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parachute is cut away and that enables

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the our main test article the cluster of

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three Ares one main parachutes to be

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deployed and then we go through a series

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of briefing stages on that cluster of

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main parachutes over a period of about

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90 seconds before the lands on the

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desert floor the recovery chutes for the

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Ares had to be redesigned because the

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Ares one first stage booster is much

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heavier and it returns at a much higher

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velocity than the shuttle SRBs therefore

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we needed much larger and much stronger

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parachutes although we did design these

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off the it was an evolutionary design

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off the heritage system of the the

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shuttles SRB this cluster test today

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finishes up our basic performance test

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where we're going next is we'll be

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taking each of the individual tests the

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pilot the drogue and the single mains

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and we'll be doing strength tests we'll

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be putting them on we'll be testing that

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design load and then over load test to

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qualify them to actually fly on the Ares

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one vehicle oh the the test was

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spectacular to see three 150 foot

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diameter parachutes fully inflated at

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one time dropping against the desert

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background was just awesome this is a

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big milestone for the development of our

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our Ares one the main parachutes in and