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Old November 5th 03, 02:01 AM
Chuck Stewart
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Default Cavity behind the RCC leading edge

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?

Later
Ray Schmitt


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