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- From: dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com (Dennis Newkirk)
- Subject: Re: Shuttle thermal tiles
- Organization: Motorola
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:20:21 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.132021.929@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
- References: <Bz4H9s.Ao6.1@cs.cmu.edu> <SHAFER.92Dec16174532@ra.dfrf.nasa.gov> <BzHEJ7.8t6@zoo.toronto.edu>
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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.
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- Russian articles have said the tiles were designed to last at least
- 10 missions. Buran has about 38000 tiles, and 4 were lost during its mission.
- A critical article claimed that thousands were damaged during Buran
- launch preparations and over 10,000 had to be rebonded also. Tile weight
- was 9000 kg. for Buran in 1988, and there are claims that new orbiters would
- use more advanced and lighter TPS material.
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- Dennis Newkirk (dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com)
- Motorola, Land Mobile Products Sector
- Schaumburg, IL
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