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From: sw@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Stuart Warmink)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: What if...
Message-ID: <376@cbnewsl.ATT.COM>
Date: 3 Apr 89 14:55:18 GMT
References: <18730@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <29106@sri-unix.SRI.COM> <7802@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Organization: Interface Systems at AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <7802@pyr.gatech.EDU>, ccoprmd@pyr.gatech.EDU (Matthew T. DeLuca) writes:
> In article <369@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> sw@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Stuart Warmink) writes:
> >[stuff by me about why tile kit wasn't carried or used]
> 
> [stuff by Matthew about using tile kit in water tank]
> [...] Considering the difficulties with the tiles at first, I find it 
> inconceiveable that there would not be a tile kit on board.

But there *were* problems with the tiles (front of OMS pod), and the tile
kit *was not* used; the same for later flights. I remember (from TV coverage)
that the whole tile situation was quite an unknown factor for re-entry; and 
that I was amazed that the tile kit was not on that flight.

> [stuff about going solo EVA without MMU to repair tiles]

Without handholds on the outside of the Shuttle, it would be impossible to
do any repairs outside the reach of the robot arm (Newton's 1st and 2nd laws).
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