To: cripplecreek
Those d-mned tiles have been a nightmare since before the first shuttle launch?
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
I don’t think there is any real alternative to the tiles.
The external tank insulation, on the other hand, has been a PITA from about day one.
20 posted on
08/16/2007 7:35:55 PM PDT by
Erasmus
(My simplifying explanation had the disconcerting side effect of making the subject incomprehensible.)
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Perhaps NASA should have used titanium instead of special thermal tiles?
21 posted on
08/16/2007 7:36:53 PM PDT by
Recluse
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