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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Discovery's launch: Am I imagining things?
Message-ID: <2736@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 2 Oct 88 14:02:39 GMT
References: <1104@cfa237.cfa250.harvard.edu>
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In article <1104@cfa237.cfa250.harvard.edu>, mcdowell@cfa250.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell) writes:
> 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
> SRB at the case-to-nozzle joint. Did anyone else see this?

I remember seeing what looked like a flame where no flame should be, but
I wouldn't say where the flame came from. Given that it was inside the
hypersonic shock cone, it could have come from anywhere. The airflow
around the shuttle must be a nightmare, what with all those discrete
parts.
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