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From: werme@alliant.UUCP (Eric Werme)
Newsgroups: sci.physics
Subject: Re: Flashes in space (John Glenn)
Message-ID: <353@alliant.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Nov-86 00:12:15 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 13 00:12:15 1986
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Reply-To: werme@alliant.UUCP (Eric Werme)
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Too many people:
>>>No.  The famous story was about John Glenn's ride into orbit in the Gemini.
>>>He noted that sparkling objects were hovering outside the viewport of the
>>>capsule and speculated on what they could be...

Sigh.  You netters are making me feel old (Just :-) !).  What Glenn saw was
different than what the Apollo astronauts saw.  He saw sparkling objects
drifting behind the capsule, especially right after dawn.  The fireflies,
as he called them, could be created by tapping the side of the capsule.
Turns out that they were merely ice crystals formed from venting urine or
some such.

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