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Cover the ET with the skin.

RobVG — 1/27/2007 6:54:53 PM (archived)

After all, what are you protecting the tiles from?

(besides birds)

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heatshields and ceramic tiles. - Scott Evil - 1/26/2007 3:49:00 PM
- Outer skin - azstrummer - 1/26/2007 7:53:11 PM
  - Cover the ET with the skin. - RobVG - 1/27/2007 6:54:53 PM
  - Not a bad idea. - TB - 1/26/2007 11:19:39 PM
  - why not imbed kevlar fibers into the tiles themselves? - Scott Evil - 1/26/2007 8:34:13 PM
- re: heatshields and ceramic tiles. - TB - 1/26/2007 7:03:52 PM
  - hopefully the creamic tile technology has jumped forward since the shuttle tiles were designed. - Scott Evil - 1/26/2007 7:56:46 PM

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