From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Tue Sep 14 1999 - 22:51:25 MDT
Doug Jones wrote:
> True story- at Rotary Rocket, there was some debate last winter over
> whether the Aerial Test Vehicle (ATV) should be painted at all, because it
> was overweight and the painting would be expensive and time consuming...
Ever wonder why the space shuttle external tank is the color it is?
Kinda icky orange brown. The first ones were white, but then
someone realized was not necessary to be pretty and all that paint
weighed almost 600 pounds. Sooo... off it came. spike
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