a_v_bw_o_n (M63-528)
"TERMINAL DESCENT"
What I'm assuming to be the three pilot parachutes, fully deployed. However, they appear to be extending from a common trunk, which is attached to what appears to be the main parachutes' housing canister? Which is pulled off by the pilot chutes? Nah, that’s not right.
They can't be the main parachutes, can they? Not at that size & proximity to the capsule.
Not that it would necessarily be reflected in this depiction, but this might still have been during/a part of the Earth Landing System (ELS) consideration. Regardless, something isn't quite right.
I think "TERMINAL", along with “VELOCITY”, would indeed be the operative word for this configuration.
a_v_bw_o_n (M63-528)
"TERMINAL DESCENT"
What I'm assuming to be the three pilot parachutes, fully deployed. However, they appear to be extending from a common trunk, which is attached to what appears to be the main parachutes' housing canister? Which is pulled off by the pilot chutes? Nah, that’s not right.
They can't be the main parachutes, can they? Not at that size & proximity to the capsule.
Not that it would necessarily be reflected in this depiction, but this might still have been during/a part of the Earth Landing System (ELS) consideration. Regardless, something isn't quite right.
I think "TERMINAL", along with “VELOCITY”, would indeed be the operative word for this configuration.