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[i]"V070-" signifies that this is flight hardware. The first two digits identify the Orbiter subsystem. In this case "-19xxxx" identifies the hardware as belonging to the Wing Thermal Protection System. Usually odd numbered parts (the 7) were for the left side of the Orbiter. There are only a few places this part could have been - behind the wing RCC leading edge or inside the wing/elevon interface. There were no such high temp insulation in the wing elevon area, but there were high temp insulation parts on the forward edge of the wing spar (behind the RCC leading edge). These were part of the rather complicated high temperature attachment hardware (and related insulation blankets encased in steel foil) used to attach the RCC leading edge to the wing spar (aluminum). This part is most likely is part of the left wing RCC attachment hardware. The Orbiter fuselage vent doors did not have any such high temp insulation blankets - and they would have had a different part number (for the PV&D subsystem).[/i]
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