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- From: sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu (Doug Mohney)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Shuttle thermal tiles
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.171239.25448@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 17:12:39 GMT
- References: <Bz4H9s.Ao6.1@cs.cmu.edu> <SHAFER.92Dec16174532@ra.dfrf.nasa.gov>,<BzHEJ7.8t6@zoo.toronto.edu>
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- Organization: Computer Aided Design Lab, U. of Maryland College Park
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- In article <BzHEJ7.8t6@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
-
- >Anybody know if anything's been released on Buran's tile technology?
- >Allegedly the Buran tiles are not as long-lasting, but they're tougher.
- >A lot of people were surprised when the Soviets brought the first Buran
- >to the Paris air show -- flying it in atop a Mriya, straight through a
- >rainstorm.
-
- A call to the Russian embassy or Glav-whomever, perhaps? Say you're a
- researcher and offer 'em $20 bucks (U.S.) for the data. Heck, $30 and shipping
- would probably get you a used Buran tile. :)
-
- I have talked to Ehud, and lived.
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