The object is curiously aerodynamic for a random bit of frost etc. It has
similar lines to one of Burt Rutan's space-planes especially well designed for
smooth atmospheric re-entry. re: Scaled Composites Inc.-Mojave, Calif.
> From: mix...@bigpond.com
> To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: [Vo]:Strange Object Near Shuttle Tank
> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:06:11 +1000
>
> In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:39:29 -0500:
> Hi,
> [snip]
> >On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:05 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> >> Perhaps that what it is, but on a view port or the camera lens? (It tracks
> >> the
> >> tank because the camera is tracking the tank).
> >
> >It rotates independently of the tank.
>
> Note that the tank appears to be catching up with the camera in the horizontal
> plane. That means that the camera itself has to rotate to follow it and the
> rotation of the object appears to be proportional to the degree of rotation of
> the camera. Perhaps it's a view port reflection, or the image is captured in
> the
> camera via a rotating mirror, and the "frost" is on the mirror?
>
> >
> >Terry
> Regards,
>
> Robin van Spaandonk
>
> http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
>
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