Naked Shuttle

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Missing tiles
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Columbia in transit, showing patches with tiles not yet applied.
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Tiles being applied to Columbia's underside, showing felt layer.
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Richard Truly works with an on-orbit tile repair tool. Tool would be used to fill gaps in tiles with temporary ablative material.
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Info from National Geographic on early shuttle program 'rescue ball' concept.
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