(ed kyle) wrote in news:88d21cfd.0308291857.2bf4d5c2
@posting.google.com:

Boeing may be in trouble with the Government, but it sure
knows how to put on a show. Tonight's third Delta IV launch,
the first during daylight, was waayy cool with the slooowwwwly
rising rocket, the startling flashes caused by ice shedding
and RS-68 nozzle ablation, and, finally, the odd sight of
a rocket racing away without a smoky trail behind it. The
ground tracker camera image seemed especially sharp. Was the
range using a new tracker in the wake of the STS-107 problems?

The last couple of Atlas V launches have had some sharp closeups,
too. Big improvement over previous coverage.

Cool launch photo he

http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/...r_030829s.html

--Damon