<p>It seems like they would need some mechanism to keep them apart, but in this photograph I don't see anything telling, unless it's those small pilot chutes that are keeping them apart?
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2019-08-17T04:59:46.973Z
Off topic. Try Space Exploration SE but read https://space.stackexchange.com/q/3473 first.
Mike G
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2019-08-20T01:30:11.930Z
https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/3473/why-dont-3-parachute-descent-systems-collide-and-collapse
Keith McClary
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Why didn't the parachutes on the Apollo 14 Command Module bump into each other?
Christopher Shroba
# Why didn't the parachutes on the Apollo 14 Command Module bump into each other?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-08-17)

It seems like they would need some mechanism to keep them apart, but in this photograph I don't see anything telling, unless it's those small pilot chutes that are keeping them apart?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Off topic. Try Space Exploration SE but read https://space.stackexchange.com/q/3473 first.  
> **username_2**: https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/3473/why-dont-3-parachute-descent-systems-collide-and-collapse  

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