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"Kent Betts" writes:
According to one CAIB witness, Columbia never made the transition to the
turbulent flow regime. It was one of the early thermo or aero dynamicists.

I haven't seen that yet. Unless they were looking at certain specific
sensors, most of which are, I believe no longer installed, I'm not so
sure that they'd be able to tell easily. Under normal conditions
that's true, but a leading-edge (RCC) irregularity could trigger a
transition early.

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