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- From: taylors@hubcap.clemson.edu (C. Taylor Sutherland III)
- Subject: Re: Can You Hear A Shuttle Launch From Orlando?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.215840.5734@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
- References: <1993Jan22.144321.797@tellab5.tellabs.com> <93025.091237TNEDDERH@ESOC.BITNET> <1993Jan25.175326.7006@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <33814@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:58:40 GMT
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- wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson) writes:
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- >Downtown Orlando is about 35 miles from Merritt Island. Sound
- >travels at 0.21 miles per second, so one could not hear anything
- >until about 166 seconds (=2.8 minutes) after SRB ignition.
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- >Anyone in Orlando want to listen for the sound and time the lag?
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- The thundering sound from the SRB's would probably fade to nothing
- just like the thunder from lightning after about 20 mi. give or
- take about 3 or so depending on weather conditions.
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