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- From: edotto@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ed Otto)
- Subject: Re: $6 million ??? (was: black tiles on the space shuttle
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- References: <725334983@romeo.cs.duke.edu> <72446@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec26.193551.2233@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> <1992Dec29.230759.5524@sol.UVic.CA>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 02:30:00 GMT
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- klassen@sol.UVic.CA (Melvin Klassen) writes:
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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...
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- Yes, it does. Because it has to be moulded to fit, and NOT CUT. And it has to be ac close to aerodynamically smooth to avoid local hot spots.
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