Re: Shenzhou V launch -- falling debris (ice?)

From: Robert Reeves (reeves10@swbell.net)
Date: Wed Oct 15 2003 - 22:28:34 EDT

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Subject: Shenzhou V launch -- falling debris (ice?)


> In footage of the Shenzhou V launch I see what appears to
> be a lot of debris falling off of it just a few seconds
> after liftoff, and I wonder if it was ice.
>
> Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA

Probably foam insulation panels.  The same thing used to happen to Ariane 1
rockets.  The things looks like they were falling appart right after
liftoff, but the panel shedding was normal.

Robert Reeves


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