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From: chguest@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov.arpa (Charles Guest  RCE)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Discovery's launch: Am I imagining things?
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Date: 30 Sep 88 00:03:42 GMT
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In article <1104@cfa237.cfa250.harvard.edu> mcdowell@cfa250.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell) writes:
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>HOORAY! Discovery's in orbit at last. Phew.
>
>BUT....  At about 80 to 90 seconds into the flight, I and several
>friends independently thought we saw flame coming out of the right hand
>(no, right on the TV screen, so I guess that must mean its really the
>"left hand") SRB at the case-to-nozzle joint (where the cylindrical
>booster starts to flare toward the bottom). Did anyone else see this?
>The commentators didnt mention it. I hope I'm wrong.
>
>
>Jonathan McDowell

Unless it was a nationwide hallucination you did in fact see what you
think you saw. I noticedit too.

I was listening to a prss confrence on NASA select at about 1400 pdt
this afternoon and a member of the press asked this exact question.
The moderator poo pooed the ideaand said that he hd not seen it.

It may be tat the government wanted to present~this as a flawless flight
so they will wait until they are certain what exactle happened before
they release any data.




ps. the H key on my terminal is not working properly...please forgive
the typos.




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