There are a lot of details to consider. Mostly science and a little bit of art. But if things aren’t done properly, people will die.

Packing a parachute is a consequential operation.

Yet all that control is a set-up for a freefall — followed by a deployment and a more controlled descent.

Control and freedom. A balance of the two. A dance.

Sometimes process and constraint are exactly what set the stage for exhilarating freedom.