On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 23:11:17 -0800 , you ("Matson, Robert"
<ROBERT.D.MATSON@saic.com>) wrote:
>At work I had a link that gave the density of the spray-on
>foam used to coat the external tank; unfortunately at home,
>I cannot find it on the web. What I *do* remember was that
>it said the density of the foam was greater than that of
>styrofoam. I think it said a factor of 5, which seems
>awfully high.
I would guess this depends to a great deal on the exact type of styrofoam.
There are lots of different flavors ranging from extra fluffy to brick
solid.
I had a closer look (again... <sigh>) at the E-208 footage regarding speed
of the piece of debris, and my take at this is that it takes the piece
approximately(!) 0.12-0.14 seconds from first appearing near the bipod area
to impacting the wing. Bearing in mind that I might have overlooked
something significant that would render this figure completely wrong.
CU! Markus
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