Re: shuttle breaks up on re-entry

From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 19:26:39 MST

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    Isn't the plasma below and to the sides of the shuttle, where it is
    running into the air? Above, it's just normal air. Maybe a few traces
    of plasma in the Shuttle's "tail", but not nearly as much as between the
    shuttle and Houston itself.

    Chuck Kuecker wrote:
    > Except during the blackout phase when RF can't penetrate the plasma
    > around the craft - and RF is subject to jamming and other interference.
    > An on-board recorder is common-sense backup - and of course, and extra
    > expense...
    >
    > Chuck Kuecker
    >
    > At 20:02 02/02/2003 -0800, Mike Lorrey wrote:
    >
    >> There is no need of a black box if all of the sensor data from all over
    >> the shuttle is sent to NASA via telemetry. It's redundant. The 'black
    >> box' is in Houston, doh!!!



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