Can You Hear A Shuttle Launch From Orlando?

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From: Bruce Watson
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:48

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Downtown Orlando is about 35 miles from Merritt Island. Sound
travels at 0.21 miles per second, so one could not hear anything
until about 166 seconds (=2.8 minutes) after SRB ignition.

Anyone in Orlando want to listen for the sound and time the lag?

-- 
Bruce Watson (wats@scicom.alphaCDC.COM) Bulletin 629-49 Item 6700 Extract 75,131

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From: wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson)
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Subject: Can You Hear A Shuttle Launch From Orlando?
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Date: 26 Jan 93 20:48:52 GMT
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