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From: jpierre@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (John Pierre)
Newsgroups: sci.physics
Subject: Re: Flashes in space (was Re: Cherenkov radiation)
Message-ID: <3643@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 30-Oct-86 12:42:29 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 30 12:42:29 1986
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References: <224@sri-arpa.ARPA> <Paul> <Schauble> <Schauble@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA> <58@reality1.UUCP> <130@cpro.UUCP>
Reply-To: jpierre@mit-eddie.UUCP (John Pierre)
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In article <130@cpro.UUCP> asgard@cpro.UUCP (J.R. Stoner) writes:
>In article <58@reality1.UUCP>, james@reality1.UUCP (james) writes:
> 
>> I seem to recall that on one of the Apollo missions that astronauts reported
>> seeing strange flashes of light.  This was a long time ago, and I wasn't even
>> in high school at the time, so I may just be the victim of a modern "old
>> wive's tale".  Does anyone else remember anything about this and/or the
>> cause?
>> -- 
>> James R. Van Artsdalen   ...!ut-ngp!utastro!osi3b2!james    "Live Free or Die"
>
>No.  The famous story was about John Glenn's ride into orbit in the Gemini.

the above could also be a reference to sky lab missions when astronauts
reported seeing flashes...they were determined to be cosmic rays that
had struck their retinae, making them see sparks of light.

-john pierre
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