On 16 Oct 2003 at 20:06, Erik Reuter wrote: > I think you are right that the shuttle's thermal tiles meet these > criteria (although I'm not sure how high their thermal mass is). But I > think they are quite brittle, right? He said this stuff is a foam, > presumably you can spray it on. That would be a huge improvement over > all the trouble of the shuttle tiles.
Yes, they're brittle. However, if it's the stuff I'm thinking of, then it has some NASTY critical failure modes that he won't have encountered, but make it completely unsuitable for most uses. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
