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Old July 30th 05, 03:38 PM
Roy Smith
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In article ,
Chris L Peterson wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:11:10 -0400, John Steinberg
wrote:

I've just done some very quick scratch figuring and the real answer
isn't better foam application but rather a better ablative material.

Turns out my materials science manual has the answer on page 831.

Duct tape.

Two wrappings around the problematic ET and she's good to go. Only
potential problem: it might survive re-entry.


Interesting analysis. Did your calculations tell you how many rolls
would be required?

Couldn't you apply the same technique to the SRBs and eliminate any
remaining o-ring issues?


Heck, just wrap duct tape around the whole thing and you can get rid of all
those silly bipod things and other attachment structures.