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.