Shuttle damage pierces tile.

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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Pat Flannery wrote:
ABC news just had a breaking story that states that the tile damage on
the Shuttle goes clean through the silica layer of the tile and that
the felt attachment layer is exposed.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology...ory?id=3471980


I vote they can the 'teacher in space' idea once and for all.





Pat

On Aug 12, 3:42 pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
ABC news just had a breaking story that states that the tile damage on
the Shuttle goes clean through the silica layer of the tile and that
the felt attachment layer is exposed.

Pat

Too bad it's against the laws of physics to utilize composite basalt
insulation, much less the entire reusable tankage as made of basalt
composites.
- Brad Guth