Re: Discovery gap filler: What u cover the gap filler void with?

As I understood it, there are always gaps, I mean things have to expand when
they get hot, and the tiles are not glued directly onto the skin of the
Shuttle, but have some kind of felt material to allow movement.

The question really should be, if they are saying the vibration of launch
can jiggle the tiles together enough to damage them, then surely, they need
to be sure that their gap fillers stay in. From the ease of removal, even if
they were there and in place at re-entry, they would probably fall out with
the drag before they got hot enough to be clamped by expanding tiles.

I imagine that now they have removed them, they will realise they were not
the problem they thought they were for the above reason.

Brian

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"Ohm" <sams@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I watch it on TV this morning and make me to wonder.
> If the over protruding gap filler is removed entirely, dont they
> leaving a gap/void there? Wont it become a problem during the re-entry
> again?
>
> I was thinking that they will be either sheer off the protruding edge
> or grind it to make it even with the rest of the shuttle's belly.
>
> Ok. Hope and Pray everthing OK during re-entry.
>
> Sam.
>


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