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