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Article #3684black tiles on the space shuttle
From: Jeffrey W. Tannehill
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 01:56
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 01:56
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For Christmas I received a Space Shuttle model with instructions to paint the underside black. This brought up the question "Why is the bottom of the Shuttle black?" It occurred to us that a black surface might absorb a lot more radiation and that in space there might be greater exposure to radiation than on earth, so why isn't the whole shuttle white or perhaps silver to reflect as much as possible? Perhaps a simple posted response would be better than everyone sending mail to me, only to have me follow up with a post. -- /*______________________________Jeff Tannehill_______________________________* * MAIL: Duke Dept. of Computer Science Internet: jwt@cs.duke.edu * * Durham, NC 27708 USA PHONE: +1 919 660 6500 */
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!gatech!concert!duke!jwt From: jwt@duke.cs.duke.edu (Jeffrey W. Tannehill) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: black tiles on the space shuttle Message-ID: <725334983@romeo.cs.duke.edu> Date: 26 Dec 92 01:56:24 GMT Organization: Duke University Computer Science Dept.; Durham, N.C. Lines: 16