Windshield damage

Bruno Tilgner (100533.2016@CompuServe.COM)
07 Oct 96 17:46:07 EDT

>Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 07:42:34 +0200 (MET DST)
>From: b_gimle@algonet.se (Bjoern Gimle)
>To: seesat-l
>Subject: Re: Windshield damage

>>Wow!  How do you replace a window in an orbiting spacecraft?  Does everybody
>>put on their space suits first so you can release the internal air pressure
>>

>Humorous comment, but I would assume the damage, like Columbia's,
>is only to the outer layer. So it should be possible to replace
>it from the outside.


Indeed. But I'll have it checked by the experts. May take a few days if it
involves a phone call to Russia.

Bruno Tilgner
Paris, France
100533.2016@compuserve.com