Shuttle Tile Factory


There is a very interesting video on how the tiles for the shuttle are
made here"

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?URL=/templates/ArticleMultiMediaPopup.pbs&dato=20051219&lopenr=512190318&Category=NEWS02&Params=Id=14276
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Nasas incompedent managers
    ... >> the wing of the shuttle should be fired. ... was possilbe minor damage they used groung based cameras to ... that would have lessened the stress on that wing. ... can enter safely with missing tiles. ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • Rubbish press releases?
    ... Tribikram Kundu ... Tile Test System Could Make Space Shuttle Safer ... damaged the thermal-protection tiles on its left wing, ... Kundu spent the summer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, ...
    (sci.space.shuttle)
  • Tile Test System Could Make Space Shuttle Safer (Forwarded)
    ... Tribikram Kundu ... Tile Test System Could Make Space Shuttle Safer ... damaged the thermal-protection tiles on its left wing, ... Kundu spent the summer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, ...
    (sci.space.news)
  • Re: Nasas incompetance
    ... >>> protrude outward from between the tiles. ... >>> Why the hell weren't these gap fillers adhesed into the area between ... > lack of pressure exerted on the exterior of the shuttle. ...
    (sci.space.shuttle)
  • Re: Salute to the Royal Navy
    ... > Way back in the mists of time, I applied to be an astronaut with the ... > first group to become shuttle astronauts. ... and it would be covered with foam tiles that would be ... Like the recent private flight into "space" ...
    (rec.sport.swimming)