RE: [FT] SOF Insertion

This sounds like how James Bond was picked up at the end of
'Thunderball'.
(Rather drastic acceleration - 0-300 knots in 2 seconds.)

'Neath Southern SKies

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Thomas Barclay [SMTP:Thomas.Barclay@sofkin.ca]
>I believe the aerospace vehicle deploys a hook (Hence Fulton Skyhook) 
>and the operator deploys a balloon tied to a rope or whatever. (He is 
>attached to this). The vehicle makes a pass, snags the cable with the 
>hook, and presto changeo off goes the operator into the sky at teh 
>end of the cable. Then they are reeled in. I imagine the acceleration 
>is quite obnoxious on the individual. I would think using a bungee 
>would be better (Los anyone tried this?). In the future, acceleration 
>cushioning via an intertial damper (portable) may let you reduce the 
>effects of this acceleration making htis more useful.
>
>> What's a 'fulton like system'? Real world tech or speculative stuff?
>> Curious,