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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
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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