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From: mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (Michael Ross)
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Subject: Did the Challenger wobble?
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Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 17:12:30 EST
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While watching my VCR replay of the shuttle disaster, I noticed
something that others may not have caught. The TV people kept showing
slow motion footage of the explosion itself - but they didn't think
to go the other way and speed up the tape rather than slowing it down.

Using the fast scan on my VCR, I watched the whole flight in fast
motion. Just before the camera cut to the chase-plane's view, Challenger
seemed to be wobbling back and forth a little bit. It's too slow to 
notice at normal speed - but I thought it was fairly easy to see
at the faster speed. You people out there who have it on tape - try
it and see. Is it my imagination? Could it hold a clue?

	--MKR