And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Hi CW, One of my "Aero-Space compadres" I used to work with got to visit the Rockwell facility when the were building "Endeavour!!" He got to walk thru the cargo bay ..under construction... he said, the whole thing was made from "Spare Parts!!!!" If ya' ever worked for one of those "Aero-Space Companies, ya' knw what I mean!!! skybill
PS..... I worked for Irvin Aerospace back when the Endeavour build was gong on... We got the contract to design, test and build the "Drag Chute" for Endeavour and the retrofit's for the others!!! I worked in the Rigging Dept. and we did all the rigging ad packing of the chutes for test and delivery!!! skybill
It's not unusual to dip into the sustainment supply chain to build aircraft especially at the end of a production run. Most military aircraft built for the government come with government furnished equipment overhauled engines becasue there are more engines in the logistic world than there are in production and it's a lot cheaper that way.
Hi CW,
ReplyDeleteOne of my "Aero-Space compadres" I used to work with got to visit the Rockwell facility when the were building "Endeavour!!" He got to walk thru the cargo bay ..under construction... he said, the whole thing was made from "Spare Parts!!!!"
If ya' ever worked for one of those "Aero-Space Companies, ya' knw what I mean!!!
skybill
PS..... I worked for Irvin Aerospace back when the Endeavour build was gong on... We got the contract to design, test and build the "Drag Chute" for Endeavour and the retrofit's for the others!!! I worked in the Rigging Dept. and we did all the rigging ad packing of the chutes for test and delivery!!!
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It's not unusual to dip into the sustainment supply chain to build aircraft especially at the end of a production run. Most military aircraft built for the government come with government furnished equipment overhauled engines becasue there are more engines in the logistic world than there are in production and it's a lot cheaper that way.
DeleteIs that actual gold we're looking at?
ReplyDeleteIf so, what was its purpose?
It might be Kapton.
ReplyDeleteGold is good at blocking radiation and can be worked into a very thin sheet.
Gold is also an excellent conductor of heat. I don't know if that might have been a consideration here.
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