04-15-2024, 11:01 AM
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Apollo Nut
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,199
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
I believe that was one of only two flights with the ET painted white.
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It was. Just the first two flights. Saved I think something like 400 pounds without the paint. I thought the orange-brown tank was strange looking starting at STS-3, but NOW the white tank looks strange to see in vintage images like this one.
Earl
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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
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Point 39 Productions
Rocket-Brained Since 1970
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