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- From: mt90dac@brunel.ac.uk (Del Cotter)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Organic heat shielding.
- Message-ID: <C1GJvv.7HC@brunel.ac.uk>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 10:59:53 GMT
- References: <19777@mindlink.bc.ca> <1juo8qINN3ul@digex.digex.com>
- Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK
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- In article <1juo8qINN3ul@digex.digex.com> prb@access.digex.com (Pat) writes:
- >I think it was the S-IV where to save weight
- >they put the insulation outside the tank, because the cold made the
- >metal stronger, thus saving weight.
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- That does sound unlikely; the increase in tensile strength would be small,
- while the los of fracture toughness (ie. increased brittleness) would be
- horrifying.
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- >Someone who has the saturn tech ref will be able to post for sure.
-
- Please.
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