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From: tcculpep@uok.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Shuttle sonic booms
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Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 11:09:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  9 11:09:00 1985
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Nf-From: uok.UUCP!tcculpep    Dec  9 10:09:00 1985



I remember reading in one of my physics classes that there are always two
shock cones, one from the nose and one from the back (but not the tail).
Normally you don't hear both of them because at low mach speeds (relatively)
the time delay between shocks is so short they seem like only one. However,
the shuttle is moving so fast that there is a noticable delay, until of 
course it has slowed to the slower speeds.






taylor culpepper          uokvax!uok!tcculpep
univ. of oklahoma





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