Shuttle External Tanks

The solid rocket boosters are recovered from the sea near Kennedy. The
external tank is dropped, and destroyed, in the Indian ocean (usually).

On Friday, June 14, 2002, at 05:00 PM, Ed Schonert wrote:

> This sounds heavy enough for reuse & I could swear I read once
> that NASA recovered them at sea with tugboats presumably for
> reuse. Has anyone heard of NASA already reusing these tanks?
>

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