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From: eagle@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Daniel L'Hommedieu)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle tiles
Message-ID: <1990Nov9.131430.3134@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 9 Nov 90 13:14:30 GMT
References: <17415@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Reply-To: eagle@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Daniel L'Hommedieu)
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In article <17415@thorin.cs.unc.edu> ornat@ornat.cs.unc.edu (Steven Ornat) writes:
>Here is a question that I have been wondering about for a while.
>
>Does NASA still have to replace tiles on the shuttle after they
>return or has that problem been solved?
>
>Thanks
>SteveO
>

Steve,
  To the best of my knowledge, that problem has been solved.  If my
memory serves me correctly (yeah, right!), the problem was solved soon
after the flight(s?) of the Enterprise.  If that problem was not solved,
the astronauts would have quite a time during reentry.
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Daniel C. L'Hommedieu III             Internet:  eagle@catt.ncsu.edu
Prodigy ID: BCCJ33D                             dclhomm@eos.ncsu.edu