in and around the launch pad.
Or is there enough time for all the birds to get clear all of the time after the boosters ignite?
2006-07-04 08:17:15 · 8 answers · asked by none2perdy 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
between places where they are completely incinerated, and places where they are in the free and clear, there must be places where they get caught and leave ramains behind.
2006-07-04 08:25:53 · update #1
No:
N.A.S.A.goes to great lengths to scare birds away to keep them away form the launch hardware, and Shuttle.
Also, they do not wish to fry birds.
Dan the Answers-man.
2006-07-04 08:19:02 · answer #1 · answered by Dan S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey Guy,
Having visited the space center on two different occasions...
The only birds that i saw were at the entrance to the center itself...
In a massive tree there is a family of bald eagles...Or was when i visited...
And i would think that they probably help the grounds safety crews out with keeping any other birds away from the area...
As the actual launch pad is a couple miles away near the water...
So if there are any birds getting char-broiled...
They are very ignorant as the noise and ignition of the pre-launch start of rockets should be enough to scare anything away...
2006-07-04 08:32:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was at a sounding rocket launch at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, and at about T-3 seconds, a bird landed on the launch rail. Nobody noticed until the launch couldn't be stopped, and they have video footage of the bird flying in, landing, and being blown away by the launch. I have a copy of part of the video, but it's very poor quality so it's hard to see unless you know what you're looking for. Fortunately, one of the technicians claims he saw the bird walk away after the launch.
2006-07-04 10:43:46 · answer #3 · answered by David F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NASA, along with several other agencies are actively trying to limit the possibility of contact between the Space Shuttle and birds. They stepped up their efforts following a 2002 collision between a wayward vulture and the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
We could theorize that had the bird fallen within the aurora of the blastoff it would not be charred, but vaporized.
2006-07-04 08:40:57 · answer #4 · answered by A L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im pretty sure that most birds would have no reason to be anywhere near a shuttle during launch, and even if they were there, all the pre-ignition rumble would surely scare them off. if, however, there were still birds there, there would be no remains: they would be completly incenerated by the immense heat of the booster rockets.
kind of a morbid thought, isnt it?
2006-07-04 08:21:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before the booster ignite, it does make a great deal of noise. The noise plus all the human activity should scare most birds away.
2006-07-04 08:21:17 · answer #6 · answered by Funchy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only at the Kentucky Fried Chicken francise near the Cape.
2006-07-10 15:07:35 · answer #7 · answered by Tom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they would find something. not all birds are gonna stay clear of that.
2006-07-04 08:20:22 · answer #8 · answered by nsullivan311 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋