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From: sasbrb@sas.UUCP (Brendan Bailey)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: "Walking"
Summary: Has anyone heard of this before?
Message-ID: <665@sas.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 88 13:22:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: sas.665
Reply-To: sasbrb@sas.UUCP (Brendan Bailey)
Organization: SAS Institute Inc, Cary NC
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I remember watching the first shuttle launch on television and the
announcers kept talking about when the shuttle took off, it would
do something they called "walking" which took place when the
main engines ignited.  I remember them showing a side view of the
launch close-up and showing the boosters actually move several feet
from their original position to look as if it was "walking".  Maybe
it wasn't when the main engines ignited, but the boosters ignited.
Since that launch I don't think I've heard anything ever mentioned 
about this.  Has anyone heard of this?

                                           Bren Bailey