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From: ian@darwin.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Columbia's Tiled Damaged by Rain
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 12:13:22 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  9 12:13:22 1985
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>> how interesting!  Columbia's tiles survive atmosphere re-entry only to get
>> beat up by a rainstorm (which you'd think would be gentle) coming at it at
>> a couple hundred mph.

>A several hundred mph blast of water is extremely destructive.
>Fortunately in a storm the water is dispersed, but I suspect it compares
>to a sand blaster in terms of destructive potential.

So making sure they have _clear_ weather to land in is not
just for the photographers, eh? :=)