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Author	Topic: Photo of the week 590 (February 13, 2016)
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 02-13-2016 02:58 AM Separation of the external tank on STS-2 is photographed by a camera in the umbilical bay of Columbia following shutdown of the three main engines on November 12, 1981.
mach3valkyrie Member Posts: 719 From: Albany, Oregon Registered: Jul 2006	posted 02-13-2016 12:39 PM I remember seeing this shot in AW&ST. One of only two white painted ET's. I followed this mission pretty closely, in all forms of media available at the time.
18blue78 Member Posts: 126 From: UK Registered: Aug 2013	posted 02-18-2016 05:54 PM Hypothetical question (and sorry if it has been covered elsewhere) but if NASA had kept to the policy of painting the ET's would that have reduced the risk of insulating foam breaking off and striking the shuttle during launch?
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 02-18-2016 07:40 PM Painting the tank did not stop foam from coming loose on STS-1 and STS-2 (an earlier discussion can be read here).

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