APU noises

This is really just a comment.

When Discovery landed, the APUs were still running and they sounded very
like some older car windscreenwiper motors, only louder of course.

Also there was an accompanying sound that reminded me of a hedgehog
foraging, ie sniffing about very loudly.

I knew it was the APUs as when they got the OK to turn them off you could
plainly hear them idle to nothing.


Brian

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