srb footage

So, did it show anything interesting about the foam loss?
Brian

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On Jul 21, 1:03*pm, "Brian Gaff" wrote:
So, did it show anything interesting about the foam loss?

The cameras aimed at the intertank showed, just before seperation,
some popcorning and then some strips peeling off (coming from the
raised ridges), the right camera having more than the left.

The popcorning appeared to come from both troughs and ridges.


There was also some patterning of the soot layer a bit before the
popcorning started -- the gray stuff started forming ripples like the
patterns in sand being washed by the waves at the beach. This seemed
to be a fine layer (if not soot, then grime?) on the surface of the
foam, and not something the foam itself did.

For what it's worth, these are also the cameras with the best view on
the drop down -- the opposite SRB is visible for a long before
atmospheric effects hide cloud the view. Later on the chutes are very
visible -- looking like a kaleidoscope image above the camera. It
takes about 15 seconds for the full deployment and then there's just
another 15 seconds until splashdown.

On the way up, the forward cameras have a good view of the beach, the
other pad, and then the smoke column.

Just after seperation, the aft cameras get a nearly-complete shot of
the ET.

/dps