And with this paper, we now have evidence that they don't work.
Hey, I wear a parachute to work every day and it's kept me alive this far! Granted, I work in a ground-floor office, but you can't prove that the parachute isn't what saved me.
Oh come on, my uncle touched a parachute once and survived so they clearly do work.
My grandfather was wearing one and died. This is clear and thorough proof they don't work (he was hit with flak as a paratrooper).
That's why I'm working on an invisible parachute. So that flak gunners can't see the paratroopers.
Maybe I am missing something but an invisible parachute would reveal more of a paratrooper than a visible one.
Want to hide the paratrooper completely - use large, spherical parachutes. Elementary.
Aim for the center.
That doesn't prove anything. What it does clearly prove, though, is that the Earth is flat. Think about it: have you ever successfully landed with a parachute on a spherical object like a soccer ball or large marble? See?