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From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: SRB flicker of light
Message-ID: <10334@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 5 Oct 88 06:39:43 GMT
References: <21259@topaz.rutgers.edu> <6400007@cpe>
Reply-To: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY
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When a newsperson asked a NASA official about the "flicker", the NASA
official said it was harmless. He said that exhaust gas turbulence from
the SRBs, especially during the roll maneuver, can cause
strange-looking "curlbacks" like this to form (those are not the words
he used).
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