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[Mitchell Holman]

[Markus Baur[_2_]]

nice pic ...

one question .. does anyone know what the light in the SSME engines is?

at landing have have already been inert for days, so it cannto be
residual engine heat - and i find a reflection of searchlights inside
the engine kind of hard to belive considering that you are looking
directly at the injector head, which is not that smooth ..

servus

markus

Mitchell Holman wrote:

[Paul Elliot]

Markus Baur wrote:
> nice pic ...
>
> one question .. does anyone know what the light in the SSME engines is?
>
> at landing have have already been inert for days, so it cannto be
> residual engine heat - and i find a reflection of searchlights inside
> the engine kind of hard to belive considering that you are looking
> directly at the injector head, which is not that smooth ..
>
> servus
>
> markus
>
> Mitchell Holman wrote:
>
>

This is a shot of the Enterprise, which never flew under it's own power,
AFAIK. It was always dropped from another a/c.

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[John Szalay]

Paul Elliot > wrote in news:Ph8Li.37338$RX.23878
>> one question .. does anyone know what the light in the SSME engines is?
>>
>>
>
> This is a shot of the Enterprise, which never flew under it's own power,
> AFAIK. It was always dropped from another a/c.
>

Endeavour (OV-105) read the starboard wing.
IIRC: Enterprise was never dropped at night...

Always love that shot, watching the bird come in at night landing at that
angle, looks so neat..action film of the best quality.

[John Szalay]

Markus Baur > wrote in
:

> nice pic ...
>
> one question .. does anyone know what the light in the SSME engines
> is?
>
> at landing have have already been inert for days, so it cannto be
> residual engine heat - and i find a reflection of searchlights inside
> the engine kind of hard to belive considering that you are looking
> directly at the injector head, which is not that smooth ..

> servus
>
> markus
>

Take a look at the High Rez version of this shot of the SME
within the chamber is a smaller chamber, it appears highly reflective.
so I would go with the reflection of the landing light array used to
light the runway..


http://www.ssc.nasa.gov/sirs/photos/propulsion/high/96-061-21.jpg

and FWTW: the interior of the main combustion chamber is highly
reflective.

http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1999/medium/KSC-99PP-0981.jpg

[Paul Elliot]

John Szalay wrote:
> Paul Elliot > wrote in news:Ph8Li.37338$RX.23878
>>> one question .. does anyone know what the light in the SSME engines is?
>>>
>>>
>> This is a shot of the Enterprise, which never flew under it's own power,
>> AFAIK. It was always dropped from another a/c.
>>
>
> Endeavour (OV-105) read the starboard wing.
> IIRC: Enterprise was never dropped at night...
>
> Always love that shot, watching the bird come in at night landing at that
> angle, looks so neat..action film of the best quality.

Must get eye exam...looked like Enterprise, hmmm...

--
Heaven is where the police are British, the chefs Italian, the mechanics
German, the lovers French and it is all organized by the Swiss.

Hell is where the police are German, the chefs British, the mechanics
French, the lovers Swiss and it is all organized by Italians.

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/paul1cart/albums/