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Could 'Fire Paste' Replace Shuttle Tiles?

Posted by timothy on from the from-the-makers-of-bear-suit dept.

pipingguy writes "Troy Hurtubise, of bear suit fame, claims to have invented a physics-defying substance called fire paste. "I could coat the belly of the NASA space shuttle with fire paste for $25,000 (US), instead of the $60 million it costs for them to put tiles on it," Hurtubise said. "It can stand up to the heat of re-entry to the earth's atmosphere, and then they can simply wash it off.""

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  1. I see a joint project... by azav · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd like to see a bear suit coated with fire paste.

    This would solve the problem of those nasty flaming bears that attack me all too often.

    This would be great around the office.

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    - Zav - Imagine a Beowulf cluster of insensitive clods...