Chuck Stewart wrote:

On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 16:14:59 -0800, rschmitt23 wrote:

This issue has been raised several times during the past 6 months. There is
a fairly large class of space-qualified materials that could be used to
protect the aluminum wing spar behind the RCC parts. They're called ablators

Hmmm...
...ablating...
..."being worn away, carried away"...
... ablating to...
...
... where?


That's something Ray doesn't want you to think about... It might
point up the absurdity of the concept.

D.
--
The STS-107 Columbia Loss FAQ can be found
at the following URLs:

Text-Only Version:
http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq.html

Enhanced HTML Version:
http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_x.html

Corrections, comments, and additions should be
e-mailed to , as well as posted to
sci.space.history and sci.space.shuttle for
discussion.