John Glenn didn't seem to think that the "fireflies" were from his spacecraft. I know that his spacecraft was giving the landing bag deployed sensor, but I just wanted to get some added info on what all of you think.
2007-11-04 10:17:06 · 3 answers · asked by gonegurl54 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
John Glenn may not have thought that, but he was the first person to see them and he wasn't devoting any time to a detailed investigation of them. He had other things to do. Scott Carpenter, the next man to fly a Mercury spacecraft, WAS given study of the 'fireflies' as a task to perform, and he identified them as ice crystals jolted from the spacecraft during various uses of the manoeuvring system. He was even able to produce a swarm of them by rapping hard on the wall of the cabin. Debris and ice has been frequently observed on later spacecraft too.
2007-11-04 10:54:49 · answer #1 · answered by Jason T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Friendship 7 Fireflies
2016-11-11 01:10:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard that the fireflies,were actually from him disposing of his urine.It was frozen and formed a cloud around his spacecraft,it reflected the sunlight which looked like fireflies.Pretty gross but it makes sense.
2007-11-04 10:51:59 · answer #3 · answered by SAWKRUMBS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋