Space Parachutes: Predicting the Unpredictable

Parachutes are a big part of keeping our astronauts safe, but despite being around for almost 500 years, there are still a lot of things we need to work on before they can be full proof. The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/scishowspace09211 Hosted By: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet & Jason A Saslow! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap15fj/25b-day13_entry+splashdown.html https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2019/12/16/nasa-spacex-and-boeing-struggle-overcome-parachute-issues/4177914002/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/3101655 https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/g815/a-brief-history-of-the-parachute/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/an-early-history-of-the-parachute-951312/ https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/wind-load-d_1775.html https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/23327/Aubuchon_VV_T_2013.pdf https://www.apogeerockets.com/education/downloads/Newsletter361.pdf https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-12-19/boeing-spacex-spacecraft-parachutes https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014CompM..54.1203T/abstract https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-boeing-complete-series-of-starliner-parachute-tests-ahead-of-future-flights-with https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20190026522 https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-challenges-parachutes-abort-engines.html https://www.toyobo-global.com/seihin/kc/pbo/zylon-p/bussei-p/technical.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.05877.pdf https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20205011621 IMAGES https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2019/11/04/pad-abort-test-complete/ https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-apollo-15-home-from-the-moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acOFK3Bsj58&t=1s&ab_channel=SciNews https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo_da_Vinci_parachute_04659a.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-S%C3%A9bastien_Lenormand#/media/File:Early_flight_02561u_(3).jpg https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/aerial-view-people-flying-on-a-colorful-parachute-towed-by-a-motor-boat-parasailing-in-blue-sky-shgtp4pzqhjyu6r16n https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C-17_airdropping_HUMV.png https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/multimedia/gallery/ED09-0127-04.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SAAF-BAE_Hawk-Drogue_parachute-001.ogv https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/feeling-caught-gm637670748-113864889 https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-16-splashdown https://www.nasa.gov/feature/parachute-testing-lands-partners-closer-to-crewed-flight-tests