When your coming in at Mach 25, it's not very feasible.

But even if they found a problem in orbit, almost all of the tiles
are custom cut and fitted.  I don't even know if they carry spares.
I'd also hate to think about trying to glue them in place in space.

-Charlie
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 02:41:10PM -0500, Barry Michels wrote:
> Remember the old SeaQuest DSV show?  They had small pods that would follow the
> ship around and act as eyes on the outside of the ship.  Cheap, maneuverable
> sensor pods...  Wonder why NASA doesn't do something similar for the shuttle
> program...
>
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