14 Aug
2005
14 Aug
'05
10:30 p.m.
Integral "netting" is an entirely different animal than an external "cargo net" approach. Fiber-reinforced composites have been around for a long time. In retrospect I'm surprised the foam isn't reinforced such already. Probably a mass-saving strategy. --- Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com> wrote:
BTW, I read that NASA actually looked at placing a netting on the main fuel tank to contain the foam. They considered integral netting, external netting, and encasing it in a thin metallic sheath.
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