Glomarization, Esq.: Monday art house: solid rocket booster separation video

22 December 2008

Note how the 2 boosters rotate in tandem during the fall, until they hit too much atmosphere. And people say we need to adopt the metric system. Bah!

K.O. Myers said...: Note how the 2 boosters rotate in tandem during the fall

Man, law school has totally eaten my brain. For about 20 seconds, I was stumped, because I only saw one booster in the shot. *sigh*; 22/12/08 11:02
Anonymous said...: I should have written a coherent explanation of what the video actually shows. As you figured out, it's video from a camera affixed to one of the 2 solid rocket boosters on a space shuttle (I think it's Endeavour).

The audio is what really freaks me out, I think: creaking from the metal expanding and contracting, and some wind noise, but otherwise it's so quiet.; 22/12/08 16:03
K.O. Myers said...: Yeah, I was intrigued by that too.; 23/12/08 09:42