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Article #7052Re: Organic heat shielding.
From: Del Cotter
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 10:59
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 10:59
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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.
That does sound unlikely; the increase in tensile strength would be small,
while the los of fracture toughness (ie. increased brittleness) would be
horrifying.
>Someone who has the saturn tech ref will be able to post for sure.
Please.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!brunel!mt90dac 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 Lines: 16