Thread: Falcon Sir Lauch-A-Lot?
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Old March 21st 07, 03:43 AM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history
Damon Hill[_4_]
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Default Falcon Sir Lauch-A-Lot?
richard schumacher wrote in news:no-spam-
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Did anyone else get creeped out by the sight of the second stage nozzle
glowing orange hot? Yeesh! I hope they remembered that it gets less
cooling in vacuum (that is, in use) than in air (during tests).

It's radiation cooled; looked perfectly normal to me.

--Damon