Sky divers don't go up in an airplane without checking the parachutes beforehand.

马克洛维茨这样说，“跳伞者在没有检查降落伞是否好用之前是不会上飞机的。”

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Testingirregularities allows engineers to verify the parachutes are reliable even when something goes wrong.

测试违规行为，使工程师能够验证是可靠的，即使当不顺心的事时，降落伞。

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In the test, conducted in Yuma, Ariz., the mock capsule was traveling about 250 MPH when the parachutes were deployed.

在亚利桑那州尤马进行的这个测试中，在降落伞展开时，仿制的太空舱以大约每小时250英里移动。

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It fell through the atmosphere. Its parachutes opened, slowing its fall toward the Pacific Ocean,near Samoa.

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People everywhere cheered as the cameras found the spacecraft floating downward beneath its three parachutes.

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Parachutes lowered the Mercury spacecraft to the ocean surface.

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Recovery teams found that the explosive charges on Genesis did not fire indicating why the parachutes had not deployed.

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When the parachutes open you feel shaking and spinning.

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It also limits the "golden parachutes" available to retiring executives to twice their salary in the year 2000.

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