[meteorite-list] Damn! I shoulda gone beach combing!

[Richard Kowalski]

--- On Mon, 5/24/10, Stuart McDaniel - Action Shooting Supply <actionshooting at carolina.rr.com> wrote:


> Strange thing about it I noticed. There is no burn marks
> from reentry!!! Shouldn't there be???
> 
> 
> Stuart McDaniel
> Lawndale, NC
> Secr., CCAS


You have to leave the atmosphere to reenter it. The fairings are ejected after maximum aerodynamic pressures, but long before the launcher departs the atmosphere, to reduce the weight.

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Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081