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To: Gaffer
Concentrate on moving away from this planet and looking for alloys, etc. that can stand the heat of reentry among other things....

Jimmuh Carter forbid the use of titanium on the shuttle. Aluminum is cheaper.

54 posted on 08/02/2005 10:05:21 AM PDT by null and void (Be vewwy vewwy qwiet, we're hunting wahabbits...)
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To: null and void
Jimmuh Carter forbid the use of titanium on the shuttle

Why did he do that?

58 posted on 08/02/2005 10:12:39 AM PDT by RightWhale (Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and open the Land Office)
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To: null and void

You're right...too bad this man is still a household name in the news....he should be confined to the "scrapheap of liberal ideals" (and inept losers) as has been so aptly said.


122 posted on 08/02/2005 11:54:33 AM PDT by Gaffer
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