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They said the APU fire is normal?

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Eric - 27 Mar 2008 01:46 GMT
I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
before...
Alan Erskine - 27 Mar 2008 01:53 GMT
> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
> before...

Yep; it's bright, but normal.  I don't think it's flames - more steam (APU's
run on hydrazine, I think - the 'waste' from that is water vapour).
Damon Hill - 27 Mar 2008 01:59 GMT
>> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or
>> night, before...
>
> Yep; it's bright, but normal.  I don't think it's flames - more steam
> (APU's run on hydrazine, I think - the 'waste' from that is water
> vapour).

Nope, it's ammonia and hydrogen--no oxygen involved until the hot gas
hits the atmosphere...

--Damon
Brian Gaff - 27 Mar 2008 10:51 GMT
Are they not effectively gas turbines? You get very, um hot exhaust from
those, Toasted  donunts anyone?
:-)

Brian

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>> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
>> before...
>
> Yep; it's bright, but normal.  I don't think it's flames - more steam
> (APU's
> run on hydrazine, I think - the 'waste' from that is water vapour).
Alan Erskine - 27 Mar 2008 15:41 GMT
> Are they not effectively gas turbines? You get very, um hot exhaust from
> those, Toasted  donunts anyone?
> :-)

Yum!  I can almost smell the aroma of ammonia... ;-)
Brian Gaff - 27 Mar 2008 17:53 GMT
Yup kills 99 percent of all germs dead.

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>> Are they not effectively gas turbines? You get very, um hot exhaust from
>> those, Toasted  donunts anyone?
>> :-)
>
> Yum!  I can almost smell the aroma of ammonia... ;-)
Damon Hill - 27 Mar 2008 18:14 GMT
"Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in news:miQGj.267$xA.225
@text.news.virginmedia.com:

> Yup kills 99 percent of all germs dead.

Ouch.

--Damon
Alan Erskine - 27 Mar 2008 20:33 GMT
> Yup kills 99 percent of all germs dead.
>
> Brian

And what percentage of the eaters?
Damon Hill - 27 Mar 2008 01:58 GMT
> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or
> night, before...

Maybe running a little rich?  (That's a joke) The dual exhaust vents at
the base of the tail look more or less normal.

It's snowing outside my bedroom window as I watch the landing and wrapup
on my computer monitor.  Somewhere I >know< it's Spring...

--Damon, near soggy Seattle
Damon Hill - 27 Mar 2008 02:02 GMT
>> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or
>> night, before...
>
> Maybe running a little rich?  (That's a joke) The dual exhaust vents at
> the base of the tail look more or less normal.

And the shutdown seems normal--no visible exhaust of any sort now.

--Damon
Greg D. Moore (Strider) - 27 Mar 2008 02:32 GMT
>> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or
>> night, before...
>
> Maybe running a little rich?  (That's a joke) The dual exhaust vents at
> the base of the tail look more or less normal.

Yeah, the infrared night movies I've seen of it are pretty cool, you can see
it "chugging".

> It's snowing outside my bedroom window as I watch the landing and wrapup
> on my computer monitor.  Somewhere I >know< it's Spring...
>
> --Damon, near soggy Seattle

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John Doe - 27 Mar 2008 04:40 GMT
> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
> before...

There was one point of view where you could clearly see that those
"flames" illuminated the shuttle, especially the tail. Couldn't have
been just vapour. And the flames were dancing around.

On the other hand, the view from the front of the shuttle showed 2 clean
plumes of steam coming straight up and not dancing at all.
Eric - 27 Mar 2008 22:57 GMT
>> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
>> before...
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> On the other hand, the view from the front of the shuttle showed 2 clean
> plumes of steam coming straight up and not dancing at all.

Hi,

Yeah, they had shut down the APU's before switching to the front view, so
that is why all you see is just left-over steam...

I've been looking for pictures from earlier night landings that show the APU
flames at night, but have come up empty so far.

A Deja search revealed James Oberg talking about these flames as a
"fire-breathing dragon" that occured "once in a while in the early days".

Other searching and reading about the APU's has also revealed that the APU's
have had many problems over the years, especially with being "leaky"..

Another waiting Archilles heal?
Damon Hill - 28 Mar 2008 02:09 GMT
>>> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or
>>> night, before...
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
>
> Another waiting Archilles heal?

This has been explained: the APU exhaust is hot ammonia and hydrogen.
It burns on contact with atmospheric oxygen.  So what?

Where's the problem here?  

--Damon
Eric - 29 Mar 2008 21:38 GMT
>>>> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or
>>>> night, before...
[quoted text clipped - 28 lines]
>
> Where's the problem here?

Hi,

It hasn't been fully explained.  I know how the exhaust is produced, but why
aren't there visible flames coming from the APU's on every night landing?
Sure, you can see the heat being exhausted in the infrared for every night
landing, but this landing had visible-spectrum flames coming from the APU's.

Can someone point out out pictures or videos that show visible flames coming
from the APU's from other night landings?
maxson@mission51l.com - 29 Mar 2008 21:54 GMT
> >>>> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or
> >>>> night, before...
[quoted text clipped - 38 lines]
> Can someone point out out pictures or videos that show visible flames coming
> from the APU's from other night landings?

I'm not even so sure about the idea that one can "see the [APU] heat
being exhausted in the infrared for every night landing."

See: <http://tinyurl.com/2lr94x>

JTM
charliexmurphy@yahoo.com - 29 Mar 2008 22:38 GMT
On Mar 29, 4:54 pm, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
wrote:

> I'm not even so sure about the idea that one can "see the [APU] heat
> being exhausted in the infrared for every night landing."

The heat in the APU exhaust is there for ALL landings and therefore
visible in IR on all landings.
maxson@mission51l.com - 29 Mar 2008 23:03 GMT
On Mar 29, 4:38 pm, charliexmur...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Mar 29, 4:54 pm, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
> wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> The heat in the APU exhaust is there for ALL landings and therefore
> visible in IR on all landings.

Proof to refute the provided image link/example, which you neatly
purged?

JTM
Who Needs Fenders? - 30 Mar 2008 00:23 GMT
> I'm not even so sure about the idea that one can "see the [APU] heat
> being exhausted in the infrared for every night landing."
>
> See: <http://tinyurl.com/2lr94x>

You must remember, in that shot, Discovery is still traveling at well
over 100 knots--the exhaust is being dissipated by the slipstream
between the vertical stabilizer and the OMS/RCS pods (if you view the
visible light version of the "on fire" landing, even during rollout, the
flames are dragged back along the body).

But, that being said, if you look at video of that same landing (STS-114
http://tinyurl.com/25sg39), you can start to see the APU exhaust
"strobing" at the about the 1:16 mark.  And it looks like the still
image was taken just between "puffs" of exhaust some where around the
1:46-1:50 range of the video...  by that time, the puffs are quite
clearly visible (in IR).

Now, changing gears here: I'm wondering if we're all "arguing" about
this just because the commentator used the word "normal" to describe the
fire.  I wonder if he should have said the phrase "not unexpected".  As
described elsewhere, the exhaust is flammable... maybe this is the first
time it stayed alight all the way to the ground--every other time, the
slipstream was able to put it out well before going sub-sonic...
maxson@mission51l.com - 30 Mar 2008 00:57 GMT
> max...@mission51l.com wrote:
> > I'm not even so sure about the idea that one can "see the [APU] heat
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> 1:46-1:50 range of the video...  by that time, the puffs are quite
> clearly visible (in IR).

I'm on the dial-up and have never been able to get YouTube to work for
me here. Would you be so kind as to compare the video at the link
below to the one you reference and tell me if they are the same? (Use
FIND "APU fire" to locate it.)

http://groups.msn.com/SpaceCowboySaloon/sts9.msnw

> Now, changing gears here: I'm wondering if we're all "arguing" about
> this just because the commentator used the word "normal" to describe the
> fire.  I wonder if he should have said the phrase "not unexpected".  As
> described elsewhere, the exhaust is flammable... maybe this is the first
> time it stayed alight all the way to the ground--every other time, the
> slipstream was able to put it out well before going sub-sonic...

"Not unexpected" is still a bit lenient, in my opinion. I doubt if
aerodynamic flow will assist NASA much in explaining an APU anomaly
noticed while on orbit.

Regardless, I would expect the design/testing of the exit orifice to
guarantee continued expulsion under all expected conditions, unless
shutdown is ordered.

JTM
maxson@mission51l.com - 30 Mar 2008 02:33 GMT
> max...@mission51l.com wrote:
> > I'm not even so sure about the idea that one can "see the [APU] heat
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> over 100 knots--the exhaust is being dissipated by the slipstream
> between the vertical stabilizer and the OMS/RCS pods

In my own linked image, I don't believe the orbiter has touched down
yet. (Also, I'm not altogether certain that's an Edwards runway. I'm
going by the caption.)

> (if you view the visible light version of the "on fire" landing,
> even during rollout, the flames are dragged back along the body).

Are you now referring to STS-123, rather than STS-114? If you are
referring to STS-123, were APU flames visible prior to touchdown (in
either IR or color)?

> But, that being said, if you look at video of that same landing (STS- 114http://tinyurl.com/25sg39), you can start to see the APU exhaust
> "strobing" at the about the 1:16 mark.  And it looks like the still
> image was taken just between "puffs" of exhaust some where around the
> 1:46-1:50 range of the video...  by that time, the puffs are quite
> clearly visible (in IR).

I'm still a bit handicapped here, with no YouTube access. In the range
of time you mention above, has the STS-114 orbiter touched down yet?

> Now, changing gears here: I'm wondering if we're all "arguing" about
> this just because the commentator used the word "normal" to describe the
> fire.  I wonder if he should have said the phrase "not unexpected".  As
> described elsewhere, the exhaust is flammable... maybe this is the first
> time it stayed alight all the way to the ground--every other time, the
> slipstream was able to put it out well before going sub-sonic...

After looking again at a fairly old IR landing video, I'm developing
an airflow theory of my own that offers a different explanation. If
there's enough cooperative interest here, I might be willing to
capture that video and upload it to my website. After that, I would be
happy to offer you my theory and explain how I came up with it. I find
your comments constructive, thanks.

JTM
charliexmurphy@yahoo.com - 30 Mar 2008 05:00 GMT
On Mar 29, 4:54 pm, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
wrote:

> > "Damon Hill" <damon1S...@comcast.netnet> wrote in message
>
[quoted text clipped - 49 lines]
>
> JTM

One frame is not proof
maxson@mission51l.com - 30 Mar 2008 13:34 GMT
On Mar 29, 11:00 pm, charliexmur...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Mar 29, 4:54 pm, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
> wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 56 lines]
>
> - Show quoted text -

Don't try to twist my words. Here again is what I said:

<<I'm not even so sure about the idea that one can "see the [APU] heat
being exhausted in the infrared for every night landing.">>

JTM
charliexmurphy@yahoo.com - 29 Mar 2008 22:37 GMT
> >>>> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or
> >>>> night, before...
[quoted text clipped - 38 lines]
> Can someone point out out pictures or videos that show visible flames coming
> from the APU's from other night landings?

It is even visible on nite launches

It has to do with the humidity level
maxson@mission51l.com - 29 Mar 2008 23:01 GMT
On Mar 29, 4:37 pm, charliexmur...@yahoo.com wrote:

> > "Damon Hill" <damon1S...@comcast.netnet> wrote in message
>
[quoted text clipped - 48 lines]
>
> - Show quoted text -

Pictures or video, as the gentleman requested?
charliexmurphy@yahoo.com - 30 Mar 2008 05:01 GMT
On Mar 29, 6:01 pm, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
wrote:
> On Mar 29, 4:37 pm, charliexmur...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
[quoted text clipped - 52 lines]
>
> Pictures or video, as the gentleman requested?

I have been on the runway and seen it. and also it happens on the
launch pad too
maxson@mission51l.com - 03 Apr 2008 14:48 GMT
On Mar 29, 4:37 pm, charliexmur...@yahoo.com wrote:

> > Can someone point out out pictures or videos that show visible flames coming
> > from the APU's from other night landings?
>
> It is even visible on nite launches

Perhaps it is for STS-123, but APU fire is certainly not visible on
any of the videotaped night launches that I've saved from over the
years.

I vaguely recall a news commentator for the STS-123 night launch
alluding to the neat view of "the APUs," and NasaSpaceFlight.com
didn't exactly exclude the chance of such a unique view, due to
abnormal prelaunch processing:

"Flight history also included the pulling of post flight documentation
from Endeavour's previous flight - STS-118 - and processing work ahead
of STS-123, including pre-flight pad preparations for launch.

'No Disturbance to Fuel Tank Region Except Insulation Repair on Fuel
Side of Tank. Insulation was found during surveillance inspections to
not be installed per drawing (inadequate amount of batting previously
installed),' noted the findings.

'Reinsulated the Bottom of the Tank Area Where Line Exits the Tank.
Insulation work was non-intrusive to fuel system fluid lines and tank.
Very low likelihood any collateral damage occurred during this rework.
Fuel and GN2 QD actuated during fuel servicing. Only Fuel Components
Disturbed During Flow. New/Refurbished Cap Installed."

JTM
charliexmurphy@yahoo.com - 03 Apr 2008 16:33 GMT
On Apr 3, 9:48 am, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
wrote:
> On Mar 29, 4:37 pm, charliexmur...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> any of the videotaped night launches that I've saved from over the
> years.

Not STS-123.   It isn't vehicle specific.  It is due to atmospheric
conditions.  EAFB is too dry for it to happen regularly.
It is visible on STS-97 launch
maxson@mission51l.com - 03 Apr 2008 17:13 GMT
On Apr 3, 10:33 am, charliexmur...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Apr 3, 9:48 am, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
> wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> conditions.  EAFB is too dry for it to happen regularly.
> It is visible on STS-97 launch

That's the sort of example I'm looking for. Obviously there must be
SOME logical explanation for it, if we can just see it.

Got a link (not one where we have to enter an "Inner Sanctum" to
download)?

JTM
charliexmurphy@yahoo.com - 04 Apr 2008 09:16 GMT
On Apr 3, 12:13 pm, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
wrote:
> On Apr 3, 10:33 am, charliexmur...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
>
> JTM

It is on the link you posted on the other thread
Damon Hill - 29 Mar 2008 23:33 GMT
>> This has been explained: the APU exhaust is hot ammonia and hydrogen.
>> It burns on contact with atmospheric oxygen.  So what?
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> Can someone point out out pictures or videos that show visible flames
> coming from the APU's from other night landings?

I completely fail to see your concern with this matter; it is a non-issue.

Where's the problem here?  There is no problem.

--Damon
maxson@mission51l.com - 30 Mar 2008 00:09 GMT
> >> This has been explained: the APU exhaust is hot ammonia and hydrogen.
> >> It burns on contact with atmospheric oxygen.  So what?
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
>
> - Show quoted text -

Sure, that's why the "shuttle surge" has gone south, right? That's why
Lockheed has a tank excuse for every maintenance and operations
schedule slip due to technical malfeasance, right? That's why low-
humidity Edwards has some landings where APU flames show up on IR,
right? Endeavor was so "clean" that they only towed it back as far as
Pad A, right? The list goes on, and on.

When will NASA show Lockheed the gate and hire a Shuttle Processing
Contractor who'll bring back technical excellence to our civilian
space program?  How many years must Lockheed stay on the gravy train?
How many deaths with losses of our national resource will it take? How
many Hallers will have to holler? How many people with rose-colored
glasses must to "fail to see?" How do you get those glasses to fit,
when you can't even see the nose on your face?

Your strong suit is playing the role, sitting back with Findley in
your dream world, while telling everyone to "kill-file" people who CAN
see, else risk getting "kill-filed" themselves. Maybe you're the one
who helped NASA take down its relevant links this afternoon when
things got too hot, who knows? Regardless, it sure looks like you and
"Charlie" are a couple of hired guns who had to ride in again just
now.

JTM
maxson@mission51l.com - 28 Mar 2008 15:52 GMT
> I've been looking for pictures from earlier night landings that show the APU
> flames at night, but have come up empty so far.

On an old IR video I have (night landing), the APU flames look about
the same as on IR video from STS-123.

JTM
maxson@mission51l.com - 02 Apr 2008 14:27 GMT
> I've been looking for pictures from earlier night landings that show the APU
> flames at night, but have come up empty so far.

I too have come up.empty in my search for such (color) pictures. This
is a link to a credible color photo of the STS-114 night landing:

<http://tinyurl.com/yryvap>

After comparing much IR video, for me that AP photo is enough to prove
APU flames on the STS-123 night landing. Notice the distinct color in
those flames:

<http://www.mission51l.com/photos/STS-123.jpg>

JTM
maxson@mission51l.com - 27 Mar 2008 20:10 GMT
> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
> before...

You're probably too young to remember the STS-9 landing. At the link
below, use FIND "APU fire" to locate (near the end) another link. It's
to a very brief video clip (up_apuex.mpeg). Then you can make an
informed comparison.

<http://groups.msn.com/SpaceCowboySaloon/sts9.msnw>

JTM
Mika Takala - 27 Mar 2008 20:15 GMT
><http://groups.msn.com/SpaceCowboySaloon/sts9.msnw>
>
>JTM

That is not STS-9 landing. Drag Chute was not in use at the time of STS-9.

Signature

Mika Takala

maxson@mission51l.com - 27 Mar 2008 20:37 GMT
On Mar 27, 2:15 pm, "Mika Takala"
<mika.tak...@INVALIDpp.nic.fi.invalid> wrote:
> ><http://groups.msn.com/SpaceCowboySaloon/sts9.msnw>
>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> --
> Mika Takala

You're right; it was an afternoon landing. I seem to recall Av Week
photos of it, They've mislabeled that link as STS-9.

JTM
maxson@mission51l.com - 28 Mar 2008 00:01 GMT
On Mar 27, 2:15 pm, "Mika Takala"
<mika.tak...@INVALIDpp.nic.fi.invalid> wrote:
> ><http://groups.msn.com/SpaceCowboySaloon/sts9.msnw>
>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> --
> Mika Takala

NASA says the first drag chute landing was STS-49 (a day landing).

According to NASA, there has been only one night landing at Edwards
since then:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/night_landings.html

So the 'groups.msn.com' landing must have been STS-114, on August 9,
2005 (Return to Flight, with Eileen Collins).

JTM
Mika Takala - 28 Mar 2008 00:37 GMT
Hi

That cannot be true either, because the up_apuex.mpeg has been available for
download at least on November 15th, 2002 - or at least the file on my
G:\SpaceVids -folder has that timestamp on it.

It could be any Edwards landing, and not necessarily a night landing - they
can and are using IR also during day landings.

The challenge to identify that landing continues.

Signature

Mika Takala

NASA says the first drag chute landing was STS-49 (a day landing).

According to NASA, there has been only one night landing at Edwards
since then:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/night_landings.html

So the 'groups.msn.com' landing must have been STS-114, on August 9,
2005 (Return to Flight, with Eileen Collins).

JTM
maxson@mission51l.com - 28 Mar 2008 01:25 GMT
Well, we do know it has to be subsequent to STS-49 (not an "early"
landing).

OIther things point to it being the STS-114 landing. The background
lighting looks like daylight is approaching. There appear to be lights
in various background buildings, both at the beginning and at the end
of the brief clip. There appear to be foothills in the background as
well.

I'm not sure we could see all that in IR, but you could well be right.

On Mar 27, 6:37 pm, "Mika Takala"
<mika.tak...@INVALIDpp.nic.fi.invalid> wrote:
> Hi
>
[quoted text clipped - 25 lines]
>
> JTM
maxson@mission51l.com - 28 Mar 2008 13:52 GMT
On Mar 27, 7:25 pm, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
wrote:
> Well, we do know it has to be subsequent to STS-49 (not an "early"
> landing).
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> I'm not sure we could see all that in IR, but you could well be right.

Sorry, I meant to say, "I'm not sure we could see all that in daylight
IR."

I found a fairly old IR video from a CNN broadcast. It's the only IR
shuttle video I'd ever seen, actually. You guessed it; it was from a
night landing at Edwards.

JTM
maxson@mission51l.com - 30 Mar 2008 23:48 GMT
On Mar 27, 6:37 pm, "Mika Takala"
<mika.tak...@INVALIDpp.nic.fi.invalid> wrote:
> Hi
>
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> --
> Mika Takala

I'm placing credibility on this STS-114 landing photo by Chris Carlson
from AP:

<http://tinyurl.com/yryvap>

That eliminates the STS-114 night landing from consideration, as you
thought.

Based on NASA-history records, the up_apuex.mpeg must be IR video from
one of the following 13 day landings at Edwards (as you also thought):

STS-53, 55, 58, 59, 64, 66, 67, 68, 76, 92, 98, 100, or 111.

Why would someone have substituted one of those for STS-9, on a web
page honoring John Young?

JTM
charliexmurphy@yahoo.com - 31 Mar 2008 02:14 GMT
On Mar 30, 6:48 pm, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
wrote:
> On Mar 27, 6:37 pm, "Mika Takala"
>
[quoted text clipped - 27 lines]
> Why would someone have substituted one of those for STS-9, on a web
> page honoring John Young?

It is John Young's own page.  He just wanted to hype up his story.
maxson@mission51l.com - 31 Mar 2008 13:03 GMT
On Mar 30, 8:14 pm, charliexmur...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Mar 30, 6:48 pm, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> It is John Young's own page.  He just wanted to hype up his story.

Sadly for this forum, you're a chronic liar. It's MSN's page for
STS-9.

John Young has neither the time nor the need for hype. The substituted
IR video plainly shows an externaol APU fire. On STS-9, TV monitors
observed smoke coming from an OMS pod. There's a big difference
"Charlie," and you know it.

JTM
charliexmurphy@yahoo.com - 31 Mar 2008 15:33 GMT
On Mar 31, 8:03 am, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
wrote:
> On Mar 30, 8:14 pm, charliexmur...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> Sadly for this forum, you're a chronic liar. It's MSN's page for
> STS-9.

Chronic liar?  You are the definition of it.  your posts here and your
websites are filled with lies

> John Young has neither the time nor the need for hype. The substituted
> IR video plainly shows an externaol APU fire. On STS-9, TV monitors
> observed smoke coming from an OMS pod. There's a big difference
> "Charlie," and you know it.
>
> JTM

Idiot
http://www.johnwyoung.org/sts9/sts9pg6.htm

This is John Young's own website with said video
maxson@mission51l.com - 31 Mar 2008 16:38 GMT
On Mar 31, 9:33 am, charliexmur...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Mar 31, 8:03 am, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
> wrote:
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"There you go again!" Read the fine print at the bottom of the page:

"This site is for informational and educational purposes only. It is
NOT sanctioned by John Young, NASA, or Navarro College."

Notice also that the caption for this site's link to the undesignated
up_apuex.mpeg video is not dishonest (unlike the one *I* referred to
at MSN):

"Video clip of a shuttle landing with hydrazine fire"

Get your act together, Charlie! Get off my back! You come up with a
*different* website, one that *still* is not John Young's, and you
expect people to believe the random false assertions you make here?
Give us a break!!!

JTM
maxson@mission51l.com - 27 Mar 2008 21:55 GMT
On Mar 27, 2:10 pm, "max...@mission51l.com" <max...@mission51l.com>
wrote:

> > I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
> > before...
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>
> JTM

I'm sorry for any STS-9 confusion caused in my above reference to the
night landing misrepresented by the link at groups.msn.com. Also, I
was unable to locate any photos of the STS-9 day landing in my old Av
Week clips.

However, in An Illustrated History of Space Shuttle by Melvyn Smith,
Chapter 7, STS-9, page 294, we find:

"As Columbia rolled to a halt after a flight of 10 days, 7 hours, 47
minutes, TV monitors showed smoke pouring from one of her OMS pods.
Investigations soon after revealed that two of her three APUs had
leaked hydrazine fuel shortly before touchdown. This highly volatile
fuel had ignited wiring and surrounding equipment. The area around two
of the APUs was badly charred. Had the fire occurred during re-entry,
and the third APU suffered similarly, with no power to control her
flaps and air-brakes, Columbia would certainly have crashed; all as a
result of the failure of two rubber 'O'-rings in the hydrazine fuel
lines which perished, causing the fuel to leak and catch fire around
the hot APUs. ... In future technicians would check the conditions of
the APU's 'O'-rings after each flight."

JTM
Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer) - 04 Apr 2008 06:44 GMT
> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
> before...

I have.  It's happened at a number of EDW landings.

Mary "'That's not a fire' is the first thing we'd say"
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maxson@mission51l.com - 04 Apr 2008 14:14 GMT
On Apr 4, 12:44 am, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
<reunite.gondw...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
> > before...
>
> I have.  It's happened at a number of EDW landings.
>
> Mary "'That's not a fire' is the first thing we'd say"

When did you say that, when you saw it on IR video, when you saw it on
color video during a night landing, or when you saw it up close and
personal?

If it was one of the first two, got a link?

> --
> Mary Shafer   Retired aerospace research engineer
> We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote reports about it.
> reunite.gondw...@gmail.com or mil...@qnet.com
> Visit my blog athttp://thedigitalknitter.blogspot.com/   
maxson@mission51l.com - 04 Apr 2008 16:56 GMT
On Apr 4, 12:44 am, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
<reunite.gondw...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
> > before...
>
> I have.  It's happened at a number of EDW landings.

Let me get this straight. You saw "flames."

> "'That's not a fire' is the first thing we'd say"

Yet you always immediately denied having seen a "fire?"

JTM
Revision - 11 May 2008 10:38 GMT
> I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
> before...

You and a million other people.  That is why it was pointed out that is is
normal.

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