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Topic: Space shuttle thermal tiles: real or fake?
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nickrulercreator
Member Posts: 17
From: West Chester, PA, United States
Registered: Jan 2017
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posted 01-30-2017 02:49 PM
   
Recently bought a set of thermal tiles. When they arrived, they were neat, but because I wanted to know what they felt like, I touched the black tile and it felt like a cheap, easily-breakable foam. I'm not sure if they're real or not. There's no COA, but the tiles came with a letter saying they were privately bought from a worker at the Armstrong Research Center. Thanks!  |
pupnik
Member Posts: 114
From: Maryland
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 01-30-2017 05:23 PM
I have both a flown and unflown tile so I just took a look at them and the closest analog I can come up with for the feel of the white portion is that it feels like that foam artificial flowers are put in to hold them. That's at least the tactile feel, they're more brittle than that though. |
nickrulercreator
Member Posts: 17
From: West Chester, PA, United States
Registered: Jan 2017
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posted 01-30-2017 06:08 PM
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Originally posted by pupnik:
I have both a flown and unflown tile so I just took a look at them and the closest analog I can come up with for the feel of the white portion is that it feels like that foam artificial flowers are put in to hold them. That's at least the tactile feel, they're more brittle than that though.
So they're real?
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