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Topic: NASA shuttle engine cooling system component
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CoreyRoth
New Member Posts: 6
From: Dallas, Texas
Registered: May 2014
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posted 06-16-2014 09:38 PM
   
Hello everyone reading! This is my first post in a forum, so please bear with me... I recently was given access to the estate of a NASA employee and obtained quite the collection of items. Many rare and unusual. Though one in particular I need help with & am very curious if I can figure out what it came from? From best I can tell, it's about a 15" x 12" piece of the cooling system to a NASA engine. It has many stainless steel tubes feeding into a larger Titanium tube. It has a bit of curvature to it and with the entire piece, it would make a full circle. The gentleman's estate I received it from worked for NASA for over 35 years. If anyone can help with identifying it I would sure appreciate it!  
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mikej
Member Posts: 481
From: Germantown, WI USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 06-17-2014 05:29 PM
Looks like it's actually a section from a Space Shuttle Main Engine, which is constructed of regenerative cooling tubes; the darker colored section would be the fuel return manifold.You might compare the other side against some photos of the SSME, such as this one from my Website. | |
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