$6 million ??? (was: black tiles on the space shuttle

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From: Melvin Klassen
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:07

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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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