Asri-unix.1282 net.space utzoo!decvax!cca!David.Smith@CMU-10A@sri-unix Thu Apr 22 08:58:28 1982 Another Saturn V query From: David.Smith at CMU-10A (C410DS30) If you look at a photograph of a Saturn V high in the atmosphere, but with the first stage still burning, it looks like the exhaust plume blossoms from quite a ways up the rocket, about from the top of the first stage. Can anyone explain this? ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.