CT wrote:
The official explanation for why the blowtorch stopped, and then
restarted with the high altitude windshear, seemed reasonable > to me.....
Dave Mayes replied:
What official explanation for why the "blowtorch stopped, and then
restarted" are you referring to? I think once it started it never
stopped. The blowtorch started at around 59 seconds, flickered less
than one second and then continously grew into a bigger and bigger
flame after that.
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NASA microscopically presented this alleged R-SRB "flickering
sequence," via B/W film-frame cut-outs (link below). In so doing, NASA
twice admitted to a film-alteration methodology at its disposal:
"Figure 47 is a composite of a sequence of 40 frames from camera E207
(printed with Orbiter oriented at top of stack) and shows the growth
of the plume from 58.762 seconds MET through 59.661 seconds MET. The
white boxes outline the location of the plume. The intermittent nature
of the plume is observed. Fluctuations in intensity can be seen
between 58.788 seconds MET and 59.262 seconds MET. At 59.262 seconds
MET, the plume becomes well established and continues to grow,
although some variation in intensity is still evident.
Figure 48 depicts the flame without any background data or
reflections. This was accomplished by electronically subtracting the
image with no flame visible (frame 20 of figure 4
from frames 21 to
59." (first admittance)
http://history.nasa.gov/rogersrep/v3n37.htm
Also, the caption at the bottom of the above link states:
"Flame Seen From Camera E207 Frames 20 to 59 With All Background Data
Electronically Deleted" (second admittance)
I and at least two others (at KSC) have seen the RCS start-up sequence
from this camera with our own eyes, Here NASA admits to havin used a
capability for deleting such evidence.
(BTW, for those interested in the exercise of determining and/or
confirming at which frame the first "flicker" allegedly began, the
frame rate for camera E207 was 40 f/s.)
