Shuttle TPS Problems

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najab

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I just came across this article which details some of the problems NASA had in developing the TPS for the Orbiters. Interesting reading (then again, I think drwayne's articles about pogo are interesting! <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" />)
 
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CalliArcale

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Hey, what's *not* interesting about POGO? <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> We're nerds here!<br /><br />I'll read that article tomorrow; I gotta run now. But thanks for posting it! Shuttle TPS is a very interesting topic. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>
 
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drwayne

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For some reason I find a topic about...instability...near to my heart. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>
 
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SpaceKiwi

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Some of that was tough going for my simplistic CPU, but what an interesting read. They must have thought they had created a monster when tiles seemed to be coming off due to faults as quick as they were going on.<br /><br />I also found it really interesting how they arrived at the eventual implementation of the TPS by quite a convoluted route, compared to how they initially thought they would implement the system. I wonder if a 'tidier' solution will be found for CEV at the get-go, or if there will be a similar amount of 'on-the-fly' design adaptation needed as they get from A to Z with its thermal protection system. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>
 
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georgeniebling

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every time I see TPS ... I think of <i>Office Space</i>
 
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steve82

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"every time I see TPS ... I think of <i>Office Space</i>"<br /><br />Me too, I spent 5 years moving Test Preparation Sheets around Mission Control. Then I moved onto the world that uses Task Performance Sheets as the instrument to get anything done. I cracked up the first time that guy's smarmy boss hung around outside his cube and started ragging him about getting his TPS signed off.
 
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georgeniebling

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the main character gets in repeated trouble for failure to properly use cover sheets on his TPS reports .... (yeah, it was off-topic and random)
 
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