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The fiberglass honeycomb was manually filled, cell-by-cell, with a phenolic resin ablator using what looked like a pneumatically-powered caulk gun.

 
Apollo Heat Shield Manufacturing Model honeycomb filled cell-by-cell with uncured phenolic resin ablator at Destination Moon
Time picture taken Thu Aug 23 11:32:18 2018
Location picture taken Boeing Hall
St. Louis Science Center
St. Louis, MO
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