June 23, 2003
Still Trying

NASA Plans Saturday Launch of Mars Rover

It still cracks me up that Boeing uses sheets of cork to insulate their rockets. Yes, I know cork is a common TPS material, but in Boeings' case, I get this mental image of someone peeling the stuff off of a bulletin board and gluing it to the propellant tanks. With predictable results (see article above).

Posted by T.L. James on June 23, 2003 08:04 PM

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