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From: eec3@ihuxx.UUCP (e. cumberland)
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Subject: Re: re-used shuttle parts and re-inspection
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 00:34:57 EST
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> 	Any satellite monitoring?
> 
> 2)  I know we recover the tanks after each mission, but are they re-used?
> 	What is the history of the liquid fuel tank -
> 		How many times was it used?
> 		What is the inspection/recertification process?
> 
> 3)  What has been recovered?  What parts would be most useful and why?
> 
> 					Jeff Jonas
> 					{ihnp4 | mcnc | allegra} attunix ! jeffj

I thought that the tank was released at an altitude and location such
that it would disintegrate upon re-entry and any pieces remaining
would fall into an ocean.  It cannot be reused.

				Edwin E. Cumberland III