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I'll have to see what I can find on this...seems like some sort of non-destructive test could be used to eliminate voids if that were the root cause...
Shuttle Fuel Tank Design.
Jul 29, 2005
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Right. Some girl on the radio thought of it too. So we know NASA thought of it.
Meirman
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I heard on a news show, not sure which, either what he said or that air in the foam expanded and broke off pieces.
Now that I post, I'm not sure if this is the current foam or the earlier foam. Oops.
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Duane Bozarth wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@swko.dot.net:
I live in Orlando,and the local paper (Orlando Sentinel)has had some very detained articles on this subject.
Jim Yanik wrote: ...
Are they online?
Best one I've read so far.
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Duane Bozarth wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@swko.dot.net:
I haven't looked,but I suspect they are.
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Likely. Notice it's not even holding up at 72 deg F.
-Frank
Huh? What is a hairnet supposed to do?
Somehow I think they may have thought of it already. Just in case, though, give them a call. They'll probably be glad to hear from you.
There is no reason for the fuel tank to be insulated AFTER liftoff, some designs purposely have the insulation fall off at ignition.
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