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Article #5958Re: Magellan & SRB exhaust
From: Brent Callaghan
Date: Thu, 18 May 1989 22:29
Date: Thu, 18 May 1989 22:29
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In article <982@syma.sussex.ac.uk>, andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews) writes: > Also, (rather naive question), would the shuttle have been "showered" > with any of the impurities from the Magellan solid motor exhaust at burn > time, even though it was obviously a long distance from it? It seems that damage to Shuttle windows from high speed particles of sold exhaust is a real concern. According to the Space Shuttle Operator's Manual, the orbiter turns its windows away and the crew watch the burn with the TV camera on the elbow of the manipulator arm. Made in New Zealand --> Brent Callaghan @ Sun Microsystems uucp: sun!bcallaghan phone: (415) 336 1051
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!apple!oliveb!sun!terra!brent From: brent%terra@Sun.COM (Brent Callaghan) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,sci.space Subject: Re: Magellan & SRB exhaust Message-ID: <105753@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 18 May 89 22:29:57 GMT References: <982@syma.sussex.ac.uk> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Lines: 14