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From: cwh@drutx.UUCP (Hoffmeyer)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Collision with a bird on reentry
Message-ID: <1300@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Oct-84 15:19:52 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 15 15:19:52 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 16-Oct-84 06:15:03 EDT
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The network pictures of the shuttle showed a white-ish substance on the
underside of one the shuttle surfaces.  Was this the 'bird'?  Was it
perhaps the white ash residue of the deceased avian crisped by impacting
a still (very) warm re-entering space vehicle?

Comments?

- Carl Hoffmeyer  WB2YHE drutx!cwh   AT&T Information Systems
.........break out the barbecue, one serving of singed avian coming up !