Not perfectly on topic but what I find fascinating is the fire from the liquid fuel rockets that I used to think was so bright is nothing compared to (what I believe is) aluminum burning in those solid fuel rockets! The flame from the solid fuel almost totally dominates the pictures that I see on TV etc. Tom W. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Pundiak" <terrypun@rcn.com> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 6:29 PM Subject: Space shuttle launch seen from Pennsylvania >Right on time it started to chug along, about 20 degrees > above the horizon - real fast... and using binoculars I saw a short tail >as if it was a real slow fireball meteor! A short but definite flaming tail >of what must have been the engine flames! Just a fantastic thrill. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sat Dec 08 2001 - 00:13:21 EST