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

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From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 18:35:44 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <310636.78629.qm_at_web113608.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

--- 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

Received on Mon 24 May 2010 09:35:44 PM PDT

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