Results from parachute tests done in the 1960s are still valid, so NASA is still using that data. Talk about getting your money's worth!
NASA only recently started doing supersonic deceleration tests with the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator. Before that, the agency was doing wind tunnel tests for strength and deployment tests, of course, but also using Apollo-era data from high-altitude supersonic tests since that was the last time there was money for such expensive methods.
For more on Apollo-era parachute testing, check out these two older articles
One from Discovery News Space: [ Ссылка ]
And the other from Vintage Space:[ Ссылка ]
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