File:Gus Grissom & Milt Thompson With Paresev - GPN-2000-000116.jpg

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English: The Paresev 1-A standing Rogers Dry Lakebed at the NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.
Mercury Astronaut Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom is at left and NASA test pilot Milton "Milt" Orville Thompson is at right. The Paresev evaluated a potential replacement for parachutes used on spacecraft. The Paresev was steerable and was evaluated for use on the Gemini spacecraft. The idea was not workable, however.
Date Taken on 17 October 1962
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