RE: STS-73 'beam' observation
Jeff Hunt (jhunt@eagle1.eaglenet.com)
Thu, 26 Oct 95 14:03:39 EDT
My *guess* for the "beam" effect is normal outgassing from the shuttle
illuminated by the cargo bay lights. The shuttle is suppose to be
maintaining a tail down orientation. It's my understanding that there was
only one trim burn after the circularization burn shortly after launch and no
further burns were planned so as to minimize any "g" forces. My theory is
since the shuttle hasn't had any accelerations or deaccelerations, any
outgassing will stay in the immediate area of the shuttle.
While we are talking about the shuttle, why are they called microgravity
experients; why not zero gravity experiments?
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