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- From: klassen@sol.UVic.CA (Melvin Klassen)
- Subject: $6 million ??? (was: black tiles on the space shuttle
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.230759.5524@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. CANADA
- References: <725334983@romeo.cs.duke.edu> <72446@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec26.193551.2233@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 23:07:59 GMT
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- Ty Willis, Stephen F. Austin State University <a_willisgt@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> writes:
- > The grey insulation is a composite material called RCC (reinforced
- > carbon-carbon). The principal drawback of RCC is the price - I heard once
- > that, to replace a half-meter strip on one of the orbiter's wings
- > cost somewhere around $6 million bucks...
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Ah, the mysteries of government procurement contracts!
- If you start with thousand-dollar hammers, yea, it's possible! :-)
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