From: utzoo!decvax!watmath!atbowler
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: Re: A Few Minor Problems and Sinking of Boosters
Article-I.D.: watmath.2848
Posted: Mon Jun 28 18:27:55 1982
Received: Tue Jun 29 01:37:30 1982
References: alice.730

   Why is it neccessary to bake out the water by facing the sun?
IN that vacuum won't the tiles simply be "freeze dried"?  There should be
enough heat leakage from the rest of the shuttle to supply the energy, and
any spot that the water could leak into is obviously exposed to vacuum.