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Why were the toggle switch guards in the Space Shuttle titanium?
I recently found out that the little protective rails over the toggle switches in the space shuttle were made out of titanium. I'm not sure of which alloy specifically, but probably 6AL4V (or "Grade 5"). I heard rumors that the covers for each…
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