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Article #3705Re: $6 million ??? (was: black tiles on the space shuttle
From: Ed Otto
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 02:30
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 02:30
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klassen@sol.UVic.CA (Melvin Klassen) writes: >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... 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. -- Edward C. Otto III * e-otto@uiuc.edu No one really knows... * edotto@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu University of Illinois * Voice: 217/333-9250 Printing Services Office * Fax: 217/244-7277
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Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!edotto From: edotto@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ed Otto) Subject: Re: $6 million ??? (was: black tiles on the space shuttle Message-ID: <C01wAE.4st@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> 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 Lines: 15