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From: greg@proxftl.UUCP (Gregory N. Hullender)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle landing
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Date: 7 Oct 88 12:41:56 GMT
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In article <69@sjs.sj.ate.slb.com> doyle@sjs.sj.ate.slb.com (Matt Doyle, 408-437-5284) writes:
>why were there two sonic booms when the STS passed over head when landing
>and not one?? I heard the news casters telling people to prepare for the
>double sonic boom, so I assume that it is normal.

I think it's one from the nose and one from the tail.

When I went to Edwards to watch STS-1 land, the announcers were telling
people to listen for ONE sonic boom, but one of the engineering students
with our group kept saying "TWO sonic booms, TWO!" and he turned out to
be right.  Anyway, that was his explanation, and I've been repeating it
for years now.
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