how many tiles on space shuttle?

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2006-07-15 09:14:06 · 3 answers · asked by Michele J 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering

about 36,500 heat tiles on the shuttle.

2006-07-15 11:19:05 · answer #1 · answered by hollywood71@verizon.net 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋

The tiles are one thing, it's just too bad they didn''t have a redundant system for the Carbon/Carbon on the wing leading edges :-(

2006-07-16 05:10:11 · answer #2 · answered by TommyTrouble 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Just enough.

2006-07-15 16:17:10 · answer #3 · answered by r_e_a_l_miles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋