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Old 02-06-2018, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by tbzep
BTW, that exhaust plume was beautiful. There's nothing more cool than a kerosene-LOX flame twice as long at the booster, with the flame tip dancing about and just a hint of black whispy smoke to mark the ascent. No nasty SRB's to dirty things up.



YEP!!! No spewing aluminum oxide "fallout" everywhere and contaminating everything with perchlorates...

Gotta love that 6,000 degree blue flame at the end of it too... like the old Saturn V liftoffs...

Wonder if they had any pad cameras going?? THAT would be something to see!!!

Later! OL J R
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