James.Sherman@CMU-CS-SPICE.ARPA (07/11/84)
I have seen several times, movies taken from the second stage of an Apollo, looking aft, showing the first stage separating and drifting off toward Earth. Usually the film continues and the viewer sees the separation ring also being ejected and flying off. How did NASA get these pictures? I thought that the 2nd stage burned up upon reentry. Also, I heard that Discovery failed an engine test on tuesday (7/10). Any confirmation??? - jss
henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (07/17/84)
The early Saturns (or maybe even all of them -- I'm not sure) carried
camera pods in various places. The pods were built to stand reentry
and had flotation gear and beacons for recovery. One more way of
collecting data for analysis in case something went wrong.
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Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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