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....