To: bonesmccoy; XBob; brityank; snopercod; wirestripper; Budge; All
I was asking about the Main Landing Gear Door Thermal Barrier because I found this interesting looking sample close to the flight path of STS-107 over California. It's ceramic with a thin glassy black coating like HRSI, but it doesn't look like it's from the average square TUFI HRSI LI900 & LI2200 (9 & 22 lbs per cu-ft) and it's heavier than water (62 lbs/cu-ft).
Are there any odd closeout areas on the shuttle (such as the MLG Door Thermal Barrier) that use black HRSI that could become this heavy?
And I do know about the HAZMAT warnings, but this has been outside washed in the rain for over a year now and probably is just a piece of somebody's coffee mug... what do you think?
To: computermechanic
you have given no size reference, so I really can't know. However, I know of no insulating material on the orbiter which would be the shape pictured, with the weight described, and the size of a coffee mug or smaller.
The colors are correct, but the weight is wrong, even for configurations around the MLG.
If it is like a coffee mug, just think, try holding a ceramic coffee mug - it is not a good heat insulator, rather it transmits heat easily. Otherwise, you would not need the handle.
4,389 posted on
07/07/2004 12:54:24 AM PDT by
XBob
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To: computermechanic
PS - The HAZMAT warnings warnings were mostly 99.99% bunk, except for the OMS-RCS oxidizer tanks.
4,390 posted on
07/07/2004 12:58:03 AM PDT by
XBob
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To: computermechanic
You will know if it's real by it's weight. If it weighs almost nothing, then it could be real...in which case you should contact NASA.
4,392 posted on
07/07/2004 3:48:08 AM PDT by
snopercod
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