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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Live Life Forward”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rodney Grubbs, NASA Emeritus & ESDMD Consultant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chair, CCSDS Motion Imagery & Applications Working Group<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">931-229-6030 (Personal phone)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Note: I retired from NASA on March 31, 2023. My Emeritus status only relates to supporting NASA/MSFC’s CCSDS matters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">"Witherow, William K. (MSFC-ES34)" <william.k.witherow@nasa.gov><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 10:01 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"Grubbs, Rodney P. (MSFC-AS50)[EMERITUS PROGRAM] via SIS-MIA" <sis-mia@mailman.ccsds.org>, "Grubbs, Rodney P. (MSFC-AS50)[EMERITUS PROGRAM]" <rodney.p.grubbs@nasa.gov><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"St. Peter, Beth (MSFC-HP10)" <elizabeth.m.st.peter@nasa.gov><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Starship Plasma View<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rodney,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I asked about the plasma buildup view seen on the Starship fin as it reentered the atmosphere. You were correct in your assumption, the video was sent to a Starlink satellite and then sent to the ground.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you need anything else please let me know.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bill<o:p></o:p></p>
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