DISCOVERY's Non-Tiles
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Some folks have visited the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy facility and seen the Shuttle orbiter DISCOVERY which is interred there. Some folks are planning a visit while others can do little other than dream of a visit to see DISCOVERY. Many walk around her and wonder at the 30,000 plus tiles that served at the vehicle's thermal protection system. When looking, however, take note that not all of those tiles are "the real thing."
When DISCOVERY flew from KSC to Udvar-Hazy, along the way a very few of the actual tiles were lost. The restoration wizards at the NASM decided to replace those missing tiles with some mock-tiles of their own. Looking closely, and spending an hour or so, I managed to pick out some of the mock-tiles which have been labeled with a mock-identification number and the word "FOAM"
Here are my personal pictures of a few such mock-tiles...
Some folks have visited the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy facility and seen the Shuttle orbiter DISCOVERY which is interred there. Some folks are planning a visit while others can do little other than dream of a visit to see DISCOVERY. Many walk around her and wonder at the 30,000 plus tiles that served at the vehicle's thermal protection system. When looking, however, take note that not all of those tiles are "the real thing."
When DISCOVERY flew from KSC to Udvar-Hazy, along the way a very few of the actual tiles were lost. The restoration wizards at the NASM decided to replace those missing tiles with some mock-tiles of their own. Looking closely, and spending an hour or so, I managed to pick out some of the mock-tiles which have been labeled with a mock-identification number and the word "FOAM"
Here are my personal pictures of a few such mock-tiles...
Some folks speculate that the moniker "TEM" indicates that the foam tiles were only temporary until NASM's restoration department could get real tiles to replace them.
Find out more about the Shuttles, before they stuffed, mounted and stuck into museums. See what it was like to be there first-hand by reading "Growing up with Spaceflight- Space Shuttle"!
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