Sentences with phrase «of a parachute on»

Although strong bipartisan support has been voiced for the JOBS Act amendments, Aguilar's negative sentiment echoes that of Senator Carl Levin (D - MI) who said, «It's as if the SEC is jumping out of an airplane today, and then proposing to check the safety of its parachute on the way down.»

In January 2015, NASA's high - resolution Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found the Beagle 2 lander, its rear cover and possible signs of a parachute on the Martian surface.

Not exact matches

«I am a jump out of the plane, assemble the parachute on the way down type of person.

«Unlike Titan [which NASA landed Huygens on in 2005], Europa does not have an extensive atmosphere and therefore we are unable to use parachutes of any kind in the landing process,» Green said in an email.

However, a deputy commander of rebel Turkmen forces in Syria said on Tuesday that his men had shot both pilots dead as they parachuted down.

So even when we strap on a parachute to go skydiving, it's because we think we're jumping out of a treehouse.

If the payments or benefits payable to him in connection with a change in control would be subject to the excise tax on golden parachutes imposed under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, then those payments or benefits will be reduced if such reduction would result in a higher net after - tax benefit to him.

Specifically, benefits subject to the HP Severance Policy include: (a) separation payments based on a multiplier of salary plus target bonus, or cash amounts payable for the uncompleted portion of employment agreements; (b) any gross - up payments made in connection with severance, retirement or similar payments, including any gross - up payments with respect to excess parachute payments under Section 280G of the Code; (c) the value of any service period credited to a Section 16 officer in excess of the period of service actually provided by such Section 16 officer for purposes of any employee benefit plan; (d) the value of benefits and perquisites that are inconsistent with HP Co.'s practices applicable to one or more groups of HP Co. employees in addition to, or other than, the Section 16 officers («Company Practices»); and (e) the value of any accelerated vesting of any stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock or long - term cash incentives that is inconsistent with Company Practices.

Humans still can not fly on their own power, but have amassed the knowledge necessary to do so with the aid of aircraft, parachutes, paragliders, etc..

You should stand on the roof of the tallest building you know of and try and fly... just remember to wear a parachute... ok.

If you do store them do not store them on top of each other they will stick, I would store them with some parachute paper in between each cookie.

On May Day 1966, in the Stone Age of adventure sports, Nicholas Piantanida tried to take parachuting to the edge of space.

In a five - event — swimming, parachuting, skin diving, running and trail biking — six - hour statement on the absurdity of competition, David Smith, also known as Super Hippie, vies with himself in an environment that is made up of Earth, Air, Fire Coral and Water

Average his games out and they'd seem mediocre, in the same way that a man who jumps out of a plane without a parachute has, on average, a fairly sedentary 24 hours.

On the pitch, things have not been much better for the Lancashire side this season and, with the parachute payments the fans and investors claim they have seen little of coming to an end, it really is time for them to sink or swim.

Backed by Tony Fernandes, and taking advantage of the ridiculously high parachute payments on offer to relegated he has got rid of the expensive foreign stars assembled in the doomed attempt to stay in the top flight last season and has brought in established players at this level, such as Charlie Austin, Gary O'Neill and Karl Henry.

Based on our educational curriculum and theme of the month, moms and kids will do a craft together, enjoy parachute and circle time, and have some free play time to socialize.

Barely a week passes on this blog without a lay person parachuting in to boast of all she has «learned» from the likes of Henci Goer, Amy Romano, Barbara Harper or Ina May Gaskin.

Social - Emotional Skills In music class, my Bunch works together with their peers to lift and lower a gigantic parachute, takes turns jumping on the trampoline to experience the feeling of a steady beat, and practices rhythm and tempo while seated with their entire class around a giant drum.

Hey y ’ all, if you missed the sound of e.politics parachuting into the FDH Lounge on September 2nd (hello, Cleveland!)

Additionally, in an important twist on what Lamont said of Major, those most visibly in office present themselves as powerless whenever the going gets rough (Sorry... can't help it... wish we could... hands are tied... terrorists... US bankers... parents... world economic downturn...) whereas those wielding power are no longer visibly in office or are parachuted in from outside.

It might seem like piling on, but the Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government said it had started working on its report about public authority websites long before the recent reports of a so - called Golden Parachute for the executive director of the Erie County Water Authority.

«When these stories parachute onto the front pages they have got to be addressed but the fact is that it is a storm on an eggcup - it doesn't even make the size of teacup.»

Rather more of them were kicked upstairs to make room for a favoured son with a parachute on his back, or rewarded for their loyalty and the occasional fat cheque.

(WBEN) Inspired by a «Golden Parachute» deal for the current Erie County Water Authority Executive Director who is likely to lose his job soon because of a change in political patronage power, Assemblywoman Monica Wallace is calling for a limit on these types of severance packages at authorities across New York State.

I understand the need for parachuting on occasions like if you have a truly exceptional candidate who lives in the one of your parties deserts but it should be done sparingly, only to get the very best people involved who have literally zero chance of getting a seat locally and the seat they must be parachuted into must be at least somewhat compatible i.e no Tristram Hunt's in Stoke Central type affairs which frankly I think is taking the bloody p ** s

On Earth, listening stations picked up the signal and tracked Schiaparelli's descent to Mars — even seeing a fluctuation likely due to the lander's successful deployment of its parachutes.

Parachute Flaw «That parachutes are not an absolute provision against accidents which may prove fatal, is shown by the harrowing experience of Arthur Lapham at the Aeronautical Society's flying carnival on Staten Island.

Another clue came from the now - frozen Huygens probe, which parachuted to the surface of Titan on January 14, 2005.

Descending on parachutes through the orange organic haze, the probe recorded the sounds and speeds of gusting winds, and transmitted images of an eerily Earth - like fluvial landscape of valleys, deltas and sinuous channels carved by liquefied hydrocarbons rather than familiar H2O.

Curiosity's chauffeur carried the rover though space for eight months and — with the help of a heat shield, a parachute, and a rocket - powered platform — deposited the rover gently on the surface of Mars on August 6.

Corona's pair of constantly rotating cameras captured images on film cassettes that were parachuted back to Earth.

These satellites, launched to monitor Soviet military movements, captured photos on massive spools of film that were parachuted back to earth and snagged in midair by U.S. planes.

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and NASA are using X-rays to explore, via 3 - D visualizations, how the microscopic structures of spacecraft heat shield and parachute materials survive extreme temperatures and pressures, including simulated atmospheric entry conditions on Mars.

They designed this «sky - crane» — along with a beefed - up heat shield and parachute — to slow 3 tons of spacecraft from bullet speeds to a gentle stop on the surface in 7 minutes.

Scott Barthelmy said the following: Before launch the entire flight train, consisting of the fan-folded balloon, a «flight ladder» of steel cables, and a parachute and its shroud lines, is laid out on heavy - duty tarps between two specialized launch vehicles, the spool truck and the launch truck.

«We jumped out of the airplane and had to build a parachute on the way down,» he says.

Imagery released on 21 October from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows the bright, reflective surface of a parachute, and 1 kilometer north of it, a dark patch on the ground where before there had been nothing.

Astronomers hoped the Huygens probe would reveal a global ocean of methane when it parachuted to the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, on January 14, 2005.

I had the feeling of jumping out of an aeroplane and, although there was a parachute on my back, I did not have a clue how to use it, and did not even know if it would open.

The techniques now available to soft - land a craft on Mars — using large parachutes, airbags, and small retrorockets, among others — can only handle payloads of 1 to 1.5 metric tons, but «human missions will need to carry about 20 times that,» Reuter notes.

Although all three designs use a traditional vertical launch rocket to get their vehicles into space, Sierra's competitors are building capsules that are designed to land back on Earth using either parachutes and airbags (in the case of Boeing's CST - 100) or thrusters (SpaceX's Dragon capsule).

It is very similar to the current, unmanned Dragon resupply spacecraft, but with the new ability to soft «land anywhere on Earth with the accuracy of a helicopter,» rather than the normal method of parachuting from the atmosphere into the ocean.

Predictions of where the Huygens probe will land range from nearly 250 miles east to nearly 125 miles west of the point where its parachute first deploys, depending on which wind model is used.

This video (part 3 of a 4 part series) shows engineers testing a new parachute in the largest wind tunnel on Earth for the Curiosity rover prior to its launch and landing.

The seven Descent Imaging Cameras will provide the spacecraft with four views including look - up cameras from the descent stage which will record images and video of a parachute deploying and inflating on another planet for the first time.

This video (part 2 of a 4 part series) shows engineers testing a new parachute in the largest wind tunnel on Earth for the Curiosity rover.

This episode (part 4 of a 4 part series) shows Mars team members having a little fun on April 1, 2010 (April Fool's) at the end of an exhausting parachute test campaign.

On Jan. 14, 2005, the Huygens entry probe became the first spacecraft to land on a planetary surface in the outer solar system, carrying out various physical and chemical measurements of Titan's atmosphere and transmitting high - resolution images as it descended by parachutOn Jan. 14, 2005, the Huygens entry probe became the first spacecraft to land on a planetary surface in the outer solar system, carrying out various physical and chemical measurements of Titan's atmosphere and transmitting high - resolution images as it descended by parachuton a planetary surface in the outer solar system, carrying out various physical and chemical measurements of Titan's atmosphere and transmitting high - resolution images as it descended by parachute.

While on deployment, Navy SEAL Squadron Commander Randy Hetrick creates the first version of TRX using only a jiu jitsu belt and parachute webbing.