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Posted by OM on March 28, 2009, 4:16 pm
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....Jorge probably knows the answer to this one, but what's the most #
of shuttle tiles replaced post-mission, and which orbiter received all
those dings?
OM
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Posted by Jim Kingdon on March 29, 2009, 9:28 pm
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> ....Jorge probably knows the answer to this one, but what's the most #
> of shuttle tiles replaced post-mission, and which orbiter received all
> those dings?
This article isn't really heavy on technical details, but it seems
that STS-27 in 1988 had some 700 tiles damaged:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts119/090327sts27/
This wasn't (primarily) a bunch of dings, but a single STS-107-style
impact from debris on ascent.
What I find most interesting about this account is just how limiting
the encryption was in those days. CPUs have gotten a lot more
powerful since then...
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Posted by Jorge R. Frank on March 30, 2009, 10:33 pm
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> ....Jorge probably knows the answer to this one, but what's the most #
> of shuttle tiles replaced post-mission, and which orbiter received all
> those dings?
Per the previous post, STS-27 is probably tha winna, but STS-87 wasn't
far behind.
There is a chart in the CAIB report, vol 1, but obviously it only covers
up to STS-107. However, I can say with some certainty that the
subsequent flights have had significantly lower rates of tile replacement.
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Posted by OM on March 31, 2009, 7:48 am
Please log in for more thread options On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:33:32 EDT, "Jorge R. Frank"
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>There is a chart in the CAIB report, vol 1, but obviously it only covers
>up to STS-107. However, I can say with some certainty that the
>subsequent flights have had significantly lower rates of tile replacement.
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<Slaps self>
....Dammit, I *knew* I'd seen that chart somewhere, but I couldn't
remember it to save my ass. Thanks, Jorge, I'll pass the reference on
to the person who asked me. STS-27 it is, as we obviously haven't had
the "ding" issues we did on the earlier, pre-Columbia flights.
OM
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> of shuttle tiles replaced post-mission, and which orbiter received all
> those dings?