Re: Interceptors
Posted by
David Richards on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Interceptors-tp1500519p1500578.html
Explanation for no visible flame as applied to interceptors and Apollo Lunar
Modules is that although combustion takes place - this takes place inside
the engine - once the gases exit the engine - there is no oxygen to sustain
combustion and therefore no flames will be or can be seen as they are
effectively snuffed out on exit the confines of the engine nozzles.
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Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: Interceptors
> Robert,
>
> Strangely enough neither did the Apollo LM Ascent Module when it
> left the lunar surface. If you've ever seen the famous film footage from
> Apollo 17 IIRC there is no visible flame from its takeoff either, just
> dust and debris from the launch.
>
> Tom Bryant
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