From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!sjb Newsgroups: net.columbia Title: Re: A Few Minor Problems and Sinking of Boosters Article-I.D.: alice.736 Posted: Tue Jun 29 07:43:44 1982 Received: Wed Jun 30 01:05:47 1982 References: watmath.2848 The problem with doing that is all the water (or ice) is left there. This adds weight. NASA says it's the extra weight from the water which may have caused the shuttle not to attain its expected orbit. Also, it could cause some handling problems, or maybe other things.