Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!sun-barr!decwrl!hplabs!hplabsb!dsmith From: dsmith@hplabsb.HP.COM (David Smith) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle Status for 09/25/89 (Forwarded) Keywords: firex Message-ID: <5442@hplabsb.HP.COM> Date: 27 Sep 89 23:46:56 GMT References: <32507@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <238@tness7.UUCP> <15035@nuchat.UUCP> Reply-To: dsmith@hplabsb.UUCP (David Smith) Organization: Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 16 In article <15035@nuchat.UUCP> steve@nuchat.UUCP (Steve Nuchia) writes: >Seriously, it is basically just a sprinkler system. My friend in >contamination control at the cape says there is some concern that >the water had become acidic from sitting in the piping since it >was installed, but other than that it shouldn't be a big deal. I had presumed that there would be concern that if water soaked into the tiles, and didn't fully evaporate before re-entry, that flash evaporation could break tiles. I had read of such concerns before with respect to the shuttle sitting out in the rain. Is this truly a concern, or am I all wet? :-) -- David R. Smith, HP Labs dsmith@hplabs.hp.com (415) 857-7898