Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!cfa!cfa250!mcdowell From: mcdowell@cfa250.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Discovery's launch: Am I imagining things? Message-ID: <1104@cfa237.cfa250.harvard.edu> Date: 29 Sep 88 16:40:55 GMT Organization: Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Lines: 12 HOORAY! Discovery's in orbit at last. Phew. BUT.... At about 80 to 90 seconds into the flight, I and several friends independently thought we saw flame coming out of the right hand (no, right on the TV screen, so I guess that must mean its really the "left hand") SRB at the case-to-nozzle joint (where the cylindrical booster starts to flare toward the bottom). Did anyone else see this? The commentators didnt mention it. I hope I'm wrong. Jonathan McDowell