From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps4!ihps3!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!ecn-pa:lebold
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: fuel tank color query
Article-I.D.: ecn-pa.629
Posted: Wed Nov 10 15:49:49 1982
Received: Fri Nov 12 05:45:41 1982


Can someone explain to me why  the  external  fuel  tank  has  an
orange  color?   I noticed this on STS-4 but the first three were
white I thought.  A person im my office said it was to save about
300#  of  white  paint.   Since the tank is made of aluminum(?) I
can't figure out where the orange comes from.

Thanks,

Timothy Lange             inuxc/ucbvax/harpo|pur-ee!ecn-pa.lebold
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN