Apollo heat shield lucite 'outgassing'

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Author	Topic: Apollo heat shield lucite 'outgassing'
David Carey Member Posts: 782 From: Registered: Mar 2009	posted 09-06-2013 12:42 PM I was amused at a similarity between the fogging in (some) old heat shield lucites and the shock wave that developed around the Saturn V that had launched it. Image is Apollo 11 flipped and plug is Apollo 8 but you get the idea... There is a downward flow to the outgassing fog, perhaps related to the casting, that mimics the vapor cone from the rocket crossing the sound barrier. I don't know if the fog developed in the resin over time or occurred during manufacture. Maybe it was some of both.
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 4437 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999	posted 09-06-2013 02:21 PM Either that or your plug is an ether portal which is allowing spirits to enter your residence from the "other side".
David Carey Member Posts: 782 From: Registered: Mar 2009	posted 09-06-2013 02:43 PM I'd be cool with that. It did belong to Deke Slayton....

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