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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: ET color and micro g experiments
- Message-ID: <BrwK9u.5y4@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:53:52 GMT
- References: <BrwB4z.2Cs@news.larc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <BrwB4z.2Cs@news.larc.nasa.gov> claudio@nmsb.larc.nasa.gov (Claudio Egalon) writes:
- >1. Is there any special reason why the External Tank of the Space
- >Shuttle has that color?
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- That's the color of the spray-on insulation on its exterior. A few of
- the early ETs were painted, but leaving the paint off saves weight.
-
- >2. What happened with that agreement between NASA and a
- >company (I do not recall which one) to install microgravity
- >experiments in a compartment of the External Tank?
-
- My understanding is that it's still alive but moving slowly.
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- There is nothing wrong with making | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
- mistakes, but... make *new* ones. -D.Sim| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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