hursch@spot.Colorado.EDU (Michael C. Hursch) (09/30/88)
I too felt that it seemed like there was a little extra flame coming out of one of the SRBs a few seconds before booster separation. It seemed there was a little extra bright orange flame licking out a little to the side of the left booster. I felt a slight flicker of concern, but as there is so much happening down there, it didn't bother me too much. I was also a long ways from the TV at work, peering over shoulders...
jallred@bbn.com (John Allred) (09/30/88)
In article <5466@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles Lord) writes: >Hats off to whoever found/fixed the glitch that almost stopped the >countdown at T-31 seconds. I think that the KSC crew did a superb >job of pulling this one off on time (I don't count weather delays). According to the Boston Globe, it wasn't a glitch. It was a "Excessive oxygen concentration alarm" in the crew compartment, a "normal" byproduct of the astronauts wearing partial pressure suits, instead of coveralls. The controllers cleared the alarm and proceeded with the launch. ____ John Allred BBN Systems and Technologies Corp. (jallred@bbn.com) "We're on the road to nowhere ..."