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Can anyone identify the section of missile airframe shown at the link below?
The person in the image is the prefect of the Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association and this fragment reportedly washed up on an island in the Caribbean. C. Newport http://www.mdrocketry.org/photos/images/NEILROCK.JPG |
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"C. Newport" wrote in message
... Can anyone identify the section of missile airframe shown at the link below? The person in the image is the prefect of the Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association and this fragment reportedly washed up on an island in the Caribbean. I can't identify it but I can tell you where Challenger's left wing lies. -- Daniel http://www.challengerdisaster.info Mount Charleston, not Charleston, SC |
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On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 21:40:31 -0500, "C. Newport"
wrote: Can anyone identify the section of missile airframe shown at the link below? The person in the image is the prefect of the Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association and this fragment reportedly washed up on an island in the Caribbean. ....Holy frap! They found a piece of Major Nelson's Redstone!!! OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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"C. Newport" wrote:
Can anyone identify the section of missile airframe shown at the link below? The person in the image is the prefect of the Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association and this fragment reportedly washed up on an island in the Caribbean. http://www.mdrocketry.org/photos/images/NEILROCK.JPG It's an odd one, I don't think I've ever seen "UNITED STATES" on the side of a bird in different colors, yet the "D" would plainly be on the black part of the panel. D. -- The STS-107 Columbia Loss FAQ can be found at the following URLs: Text-Only Version: http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq.html Enhanced HTML Version: http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_x.html Corrections, comments, and additions should be e-mailed to , as well as posted to sci.space.history and sci.space.shuttle for discussion. |
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"C. Newport" wrote in message ...
Can anyone identify the section of missile airframe shown at the link below? The person in the image is the prefect of the Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association and this fragment reportedly washed up on an island in the Caribbean. C. Newport http://www.mdrocketry.org/photos/images/NEILROCK.JPG Looks like the remains of a solid fueled rocket to me. Possibilities include Blue Scout or Blue Scout Jr., early Polaris, Pershing, and maybe Minuteman, but I've not yet seen a pre-launch photo of anything that matches this precisely. I don't immediately recall seeing "United States" on the side of military missiles unless they were flying for NASA. - Ed Kyle |
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What's odd to me is that the word "UNITED" crosses over from a white to a
black background, meaning that the D would have had to be a different color. It's definitely black lettering and I think it's from a liquid fuel vehicle, as the structure appears to be honeycomb material. I'll check with Neil to see what else he can remember about it. Also, it may have fallen onto the island as opposed to washing ashore. C. Newport |
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Which island, and when?
Could be a panel from a section of a Saturn-1 first stage? Thanks for sharing, keep us informed! JimO www.jamesoberg.com "C. Newport" wrote in message ... Can anyone identify the section of missile airframe shown at the link below? The person in the image is the prefect of the Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association and this fragment reportedly washed up on an island in the Caribbean. C. Newport http://www.mdrocketry.org/photos/images/NEILROCK.JPG |
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"C. Newport" writes:
What's odd to me is that the word "UNITED" crosses over from a white to a black background, meaning that the D would have had to be a different color. IS it the word UNITED? It looks to me like the letters U N I T are all sans-serif capital, and rather narrow. What you are calling the E looks like it has serifs, but I don't see an E there; it looks like an I-beam on its side. So I'm more inclined to see the word UNIT, and I don't have a handle on what comes afterward. |
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"C. Newport" wrote in message ...
What's odd to me is that the word "UNITED" crosses over from a white to a black background, meaning that the D would have had to be a different color. It's definitely black lettering and I think it's from a liquid fuel vehicle, as the structure appears to be honeycomb material. I'll check with Neil to see what else he can remember about it. Also, it may have fallen onto the island as opposed to washing ashore. C. Newport A liquid propellant tank would not be made out of a honeycomb material. We might, however, be looking at a piece of external insulation. Specifically, I'm thinking this might be an old fiberglass insulation panel from one of the early Centaur stages (Atlas- Centaur). See, for example: "http://www.planet4589.org/space/images/lv/64F09.html" and "http://www.planet4589.org/space/images/lv/64082.html" and "http://www.planet4589.org/space/images/lv/68068.html" and "http://www.planet4589.org/space/images/lv/89077.html" There were, as I recall, four external insulation panels on the Centaur hydrogen tank. These were jettisoned not long before the Atlas and Centaur stages separated, so it would not be unusual for one of them to end up washed, or blown, onto a downrange island. Several different roll patterns were used on the first few Centaurs, which might explain the block black areas near the base of this part. The stripe across the top and the style of lettering sure looks consistent. - Ed Kyle |
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Chris Jones wrote:
"C. Newport" writes: What's odd to me is that the word "UNITED" crosses over from a white to a black background, meaning that the D would have had to be a different color. IS it the word UNITED? It looks to me like the letters U N I T are all sans-serif capital, and rather narrow. What you are calling the E looks like it has serifs, but I don't see an E there; it looks like an I-beam on its side. So I'm more inclined to see the word UNIT, and I don't have a handle on what comes afterward. I am with Chris on this one. That last character looks more like a word divider than an "E". |
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