Necessity is the mother of all inventions. They saved Apollo 13 and
potentially they could do the same with the space shuttle.

Remember "Failure is not an option" ?

Tal



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> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave King
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 1:30 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]: it look like NASA lost the columbia!
>
>
> At 09:21 AM 03/02/03, you wrote:
> >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...
>
> When they were first working on the program they talked about
> being able to replace them in orbit. It wasn't an exact fit
> but generic tile covering with an ablative adhesive
> underneath applied  with probably a few thousand dollar
> caulking gun. I've never heard of it mentioned after so it
> may not have made the grade in testing but they did have a system.
>
> Dave
>
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