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From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (Roger Noe)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Shuttle Tiles Question
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Date: Fri, 27-Apr-84 11:19:27 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 27 11:19:27 1984
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>	I seem to recall a news report that featured a guy heating a tile
>	with a torch for about a minute, then picking up the tile with his
>	bare hands and not being burned.
>		T. C. Wheeler

The person probably picked up a tile by its corners, which can indeed be
done safely.  Handling a face of a tile would seriously burn you.
	Roger Noe		ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe