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|    Alain Fournier to Snidely    |
|    Re: SLS launch. NASA still has it    |
|    20 Nov 22 08:38:15    |
      From: alain245@videotron.ca              On Nov/20/2022 at 02:50, Snidely wrote :       > Trolidan7 submitted this gripping article, maybe on Saturday:       >> On 11/16/22 3:04 AM, Alain Fournier wrote:       >>> SLS launched this morning. It was spectacular. NASA showed us again       >>> that they really know how to run a boondoggle.       >>>       >>> Alain Fournier       >>       >> Are those center tanks painted red, or do they rust quickly?       >       > The foam insulation on the core stage gets a suntan, just like the       > Shuttle's external tanks did.              To be more precise. The natural colour of the insulation foam is light       orange. After exposition to sunlight, it becomes a darker rusty colour       (what Snidely called a suntan).                     Alain Fournier              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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