Event Horizon
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Just theorizing here, and asking. Have you seen this technology utilized with rockets?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slider_(parachuting)
Ram air parachutes (square for short) have been around for decades.
Imagine a canopy (what skydivers call their parachute) that would open slowly to lessen the shock cord stretch and resultant almost inevitable nose cone airframe collision when the shock cord retracts.
Imagine a square canopy, above the rocket, on it's return to Terra Firma, that you can steer with a radio control transmitter to make it land mostly where you want it to.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slider_(parachuting)
Ram air parachutes (square for short) have been around for decades.
Imagine a canopy (what skydivers call their parachute) that would open slowly to lessen the shock cord stretch and resultant almost inevitable nose cone airframe collision when the shock cord retracts.
Imagine a square canopy, above the rocket, on it's return to Terra Firma, that you can steer with a radio control transmitter to make it land mostly where you want it to.