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It's crazy, but it's true. They made the shuttle out of aluminum, which begins to suffer damage at 300 degrees.
Al's drunken chicken show's what would happen to the shuttle once enough tiles come off.
The last aircraft made with titanium were the SR-71's.
Anything after that wasn't made entirely out of the stuff.
Like the afterburner nozzles on the Hornets.

Besides that, the entire construction of the orbiters was under Carter. I guess back then proper planning wasn't an issue.
And just think, we have one shuttle that's a Tarmac Queen and always was. (Enterprise) Don't worry about typos.
I'm beat too.

Hey Brent.. it's politics. Always has been always will be.. The hell with everything else..

I do agree with you about Al's drunken chickens.. It's a good thing he needed more quality control with the aircraft parts.. ;)

Good night sweeties.. I do have to hit the sack now.. Twenty lights and two doors, and pull down the bed, and I can cuddle and sleep..and dream better dreams..