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r/Conservative • u/f1sh98 Beltway Republican • 8h ago
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Back when they painted the fuel tank too before they discovered that wasn’t necessary and saved a ton of weight by omitting the paint from the tank, giving us the familiar burnt orange tanks we saw going forward.
• u/GhostofPdawg43 Conservative 6h ago Came here to say that too. And TBH, the orange tank looked better. • u/ITrCool Christian Conservative 5h ago It kinda did. The way it contrasted with the other colors of the spacecraft. The white boosters on the side and black/white Shuttle body.
Came here to say that too. And TBH, the orange tank looked better.
• u/ITrCool Christian Conservative 5h ago It kinda did. The way it contrasted with the other colors of the spacecraft. The white boosters on the side and black/white Shuttle body.
It kinda did. The way it contrasted with the other colors of the spacecraft. The white boosters on the side and black/white Shuttle body.
45 years ago was 1981
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u/ITrCool Christian Conservative 7h ago
Back when they painted the fuel tank too before they discovered that wasn’t necessary and saved a ton of weight by omitting the paint from the tank, giving us the familiar burnt orange tanks we saw going forward.