Aalice.551 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!sjb Fri May 7 17:41:38 1982 Glow Around Space Shuttle Inspecting films of STS-3, scientists discovered an ``eerie glow'' around the leading edge of the space shuttle Columbia on its third test flight. They speculate that it is caused from molecules of atomic oxygen, present at the altitude of the shuttle's flight path, that were ionized as they hit the hull. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.