From: Bret Kulakovich (bret@bonfireproductions.com)
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 07:41:44 MST
Adrian Tymes <wingcat@pacbell.net>:
>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.
Basically if you look at any of the orbiter's black bits, that is
where the plasma is. However, the orbiter itself is enveloped in a
bubble/teardrop of plasma as it vents around the vehicle.
Bugger. I just realized that this software is no longer citing people
I am responding to. What a gaff. I had to add in Adrian above
manually.
Bret Kulakovich
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