Shuttle/ISS extended?

Rick Jones wrote:
How about just sticking some stock nylon window screen over the entire
exterior of the ET foam with that paint?
That would have added, what? Around 500 pounds total?


Supersonic nylon? Does it have a nice drag coefficient?-)


Probably not much worse than the present foam, which is fairly rough.

Pat

David Spain wrote:

The shuttle sits silently in its hanger
Watching the feeble scurry by doing this and that
It sneers secretly to itself,
biding its time,
soon suckers, soon....

Menu on airship R101: "Due to unforeseen events, the cheese sandwiches
on the 'midnight snack' menu have been replaced with grilled cheese
sandwiches." :-)

Pat