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From: bradley@im4u.UUCP (David K. Bradley)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Why not paint the shuttles in individual colour schemes?
Message-ID: <577@im4u.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 15:37:34 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  7 15:37:34 1985
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Reply-To: bradley@im4u.UUCP (David K. Bradley)
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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In article <7435@watdaisy.UUCP> dvadura@watdaisy.UUCP (Dennis Vadura) writes:
>But wasn't the reason they stopped painting the external tank white due to
>the added mass of the paint.  I don't suppose they would be any more
>likely to paint the shuttle if the result was a more massive vehicle.
>
>Even if you wanted to paint it anyone know what kind of paint could
>withstand re-entry?

Wait a minute.  It's painted already -- white!  My guess is that the
shuttle is white, and will remain white, for thermal reasons.  A nice 
ocean blue shuttle would probably get much hotter orbiting in the
sun than a white shuttle would.
-- 
David K. Bradley  

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