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Author: EricEric Date: Mar 27, 2008 01:46
I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
before...
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Author: Alan ErskineAlan Erskine Date: Mar 27, 2008 01:53
"Eric" wrote in message
news:47eaee7f$0$30721$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
> before...
Yep; it's bright, but normal. I don't think it's flames - more steam (APU's
run on hydrazine, I think - the 'waste' from that is water vapour).
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Author: Damon HillDamon Hill Date: Mar 27, 2008 01:58
> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or
> night, before...
Maybe running a little rich? (That's a joke) The dual exhaust vents at
the base of the tail look more or less normal.
It's snowing outside my bedroom window as I watch the landing and wrapup
on my computer monitor. Somewhere I >know< it's Spring...
--Damon, near soggy Seattle
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Author: Damon HillDamon Hill Date: Mar 27, 2008 01:59
> "Eric" wrote in message
> news:47eaee7f$0$30721$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...>> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or
>> night, before...
>
> Yep; it's bright, but normal. I don't think it's flames - more steam
> (APU's run on hydrazine, I think - the 'waste' from that is water
> vapour).
Nope, it's ammonia and hydroge
--no oxygen involved until the hot gas
hits the atmosphere...
--Damon
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Author: Damon HillDamon Hill Date: Mar 27, 2008 02:02
Damon Hill comcast.netnet> wrote in
news:Xns9A6DB6EC0EAF0damon161attbicom@127.0.0.1:
>> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or
>> night, before...
>
> Maybe running a little rich? (That's a joke) The dual exhaust vents at
> the base of the tail look more or less normal.
And the shutdown seems norma
--no visible exhaust of any sort now.
--Damon
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Author: Greg D. Moore (Strider)Greg D. Moore (Strider) Date: Mar 27, 2008 02:31
"Damon Hill" comcast.netnet> wrote in message
news:Xns9A6DB6EC0EAF0damon161attbicom@127.0.0.1...>> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or
>> night, before...
>
> Maybe running a little rich? (That's a joke) The dual exhaust vents at
> the base of the tail look more or less normal.
Yeah, the infrared night movies I've seen of it are pretty cool, you can see
it "chugging".
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> It's snowing outside my bedroom window as I watch the landing and wrapup
> on my computer monitor. Somewhere I >know< it's Spring...
>
> --Damon, near soggy Seattle
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Author: John DoeJohn Doe Date: Mar 27, 2008 04:40
Eric wrote:
> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
> before...
>
There was one point of view where you could clearly see that those
"flames" illuminated the shuttle, especially the tail. Couldn't have
been just vapour. And the flames were dancing around.
On the other hand, the view from the front of the shuttle showed 2 clean
plumes of steam coming straight up and not dancing at all.
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Author: Brian GaffBrian Gaff Date: Mar 27, 2008 10:51
Are they not effectively gas turbines? You get very, um hot exhaust from
those, Toasted donunts anyone?
:-)
Brian
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graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them
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Author: Alan ErskineAlan Erskine Date: Mar 27, 2008 15:41
> Are they not effectively gas turbines? You get very, um hot exhaust from
> those, Toasted donunts anyone?
> :-)
Yum! I can almost smell the aroma of ammonia... ;-)
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Author: Brian GaffBrian Gaff Date: Mar 27, 2008 17:53
Yup kills 99 percent of all germs dead.
Brian
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"Alan Erskine" bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:VmOGj.3300$n8.1085@news-server.bigpond.net.au...>> Are they not effectively gas turbines? You get very, um hot exhaust from
>> those, Toasted donunts anyone?
>> :-)
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> Yum! I can almost smell the aroma of ammonia... ;-)
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