SRB video?

flyguy wrote:

It releases the nozzle extension from the end of the booster. The
rational is, impacting the water with the large nozzle extension would
place excessive stress on the rest of the booster.

So that part is expendable unless it somehow floats.

I suspect the cost of the expendable portion is less then the cost of
the potential damage caused by leaving it in place...

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flyguy wrote:
Is there a video which tracks the SRB's from separation, through chute
deployment and splash down? I've never seen anything like this on NASA
television.
Here's a montage of video from STS-120's SRBs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMWOZPW8kHA

This is from STS-115 and has audio. It is from SRB-sep to splash-down. At
around 2:33, you can see the launch trail "curly-q". Also, in the last
few seconds, you catch the second SRB hitting the water.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iurxEhL4UM


Isn't that the nosecap hitting the water (not the second SRB)?

My mistake--you're right... the speed of the impact and narrow viewing
angle made me think it was a long-item hitting (being up too late
probably didn't help).