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.