[IBIAFR]

You’re thinking about the glue that held the heat tiles on and that has been dispelled.

[PAR35]

Also wrong. See my post 21.

[Cboldt]

-- You're thinking about the glue that held the heat tiles on and that has been dispelled. --

The EPA-driven disaster was relative to the insulation material on the hydrogen and oxygen fuel tanks, not on the tiles. Chunks of "new" insulation would strip off the fuel tanks, sometimes striking and damaging a tile.