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From: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Why not paint the shuttles in individual colour schemes?
Message-ID: <250@laidbak.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 00:30:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: laidbak.250
Posted: Wed Oct  9 00:30:20 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 11-Oct-85 07:42:19 EDT
References: <2603@watcgl.UUCP> <7435@watdaisy.UUCP> <577@im4u.UUCP>
Reply-To: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist)
Organization: LAI Chicago
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Summary: 

In article <577@im4u.UUCP> bradley@im4u.UUCP (David K. Bradley) writes:
>>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.

Orbiting the sun?  Is THAT why the Atlantis mission was
so hush-hush?  :')

(Aren't the silicon tiles white _and_ unpainted?)

jeq