Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[brainlessone]

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/orbiter/tps/frcitiles.html

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts-tps.html#sts-frci

http://www.manufacturing.net/esec/Article_150430.htm

what if I threw a block of polyurethane foam shipping material onto the glass? nothing would happen!

but i cannot get any materials data on compressive strenght of polyurethane versus the tiles. At least the tiles are fiber reinforced