According to Wikipedia, lithobraking is defined as "a landing technique ... to safely reach the surface of a celestial body while reducing landing speed by impact with the body's surface."

This is generally achieved by rapidly transferring the momentum of an aircraft into the ground. I recently began research in this field, as evidenced by my flair. I need several volunteer pilots (no prior experience necessary) for the following experiment:

You will be flown to an altitude of roughly 100,000 feet in an SR-71 blackbird spy plane. After accelerating to 2,500 mph, you will be instructed to orient the plane in the direction of the ground, approach your target, and test the effectiveness of lithobraking. This may revolutionize landing methods used by hypersonic aircraft.

It is recommended that you not eject yourself from the craft at any point so that you can test the lithobraking rock-bag system. I believe that rock-bags are an excellent improvement over airbags due to their higher capacity for stopping objects by applying forces to them.

Would anyone like to apply?