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Old July 28th 05, 03:45 AM
Dr. P. Quackenbush
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"c-bee1" wrote in message
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Couldn't you design a metal skin to protect the tiles that would
evaporate during ascent and reduce the stress on the tiles?

You know certain metals evaporate at a certain temperature, you could
possibly control that so that the tiles are protected until reaching
the upper atmosphere?


Heck with that, spin up a carbon composite shell, latch it on between

tank
and hull, then go out and unlatch it on orbit. It wouldn't even have to

be
very sturdy.



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