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From: alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Heat shielding on Discovery
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Date: Wed, 20-Jun-84 08:11:55 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 20 08:11:55 1984
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The sheets you refer to are blankets made of the same material
as the tiles.  The tiles are still used on the bottom side of
the shuttle, but I believe on the Discovery, the entire top
has been redone in blankets.  The Challenger had a few blankets,
whereas the Columbia had none.