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Fireproof paint: Use it on the shuttle tank?

Thomas Kirby
in Inorganic Chemistry

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great points jdurg

 

although you can't really say a vaccuum is cold

Well if you want to get all physical and stuff, yes, you're right. ;) (But I'd still say that the surface of the shuttle facing away from the sun must feel mighty cool to the touch).

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It was just an offhand thought. I'd just as soon they went back to freon and stopped having the problem, then worked on an insulator that didn't use it until the solved that problem. What about that R-134 stuff?

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