Hello I asked yesterday about the bright flashes seen in previous "in-cockpit" reentry videos. The answer that best matched what I saw is thruster firings. I am wondering if these firing can leave small glowing gas spots visible from the ground during reentry. Today's news from NASA adds to the news that there was increased drag on the left side with the information that thrusters were doing all they could to maintain the spacecraft's attitude. Is it possible that flashes along the reentry track early on the west coast and the small "pieces of debris" seen at that time could have really been unusually long and rapid thruster activity?? Dale ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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