Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!texbell!nuchat!steve From: steve@nuchat.UUCP (Steve Nuchia) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle Status for 09/25/89 (Forwarded) Keywords: firex Message-ID: <15035@nuchat.UUCP> Date: 27 Sep 89 00:49:43 GMT References: <32507@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <238@tness7.UUCP> Reply-To: steve@nuchat.UUCP (Steve Nuchia) Organization: Houston Public Access Lines: 25 In article <238@tness7.UUCP> mechtjm@tness7.UUCP (Tom Mecke (512+222-7018)) writes: >In article <32507@ames.arc.nasa.gov> yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes: >> As a result of the inadvertant activation of the firex water >> deluge system yesterday, workers are conducting detailed >What does this system do? It sits around quietly for ten years or so. Then, when you least expect it, it dumps 10-year-old water onto your spacecraft. Just to see if you were paying attention. 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. If the payload bay doors had been open though ... I haven't heard the real deal, but the way the news was talking made it sound like some meathead did this rather than good old mechanical failure. Anyone know the whole story? -- Steve Nuchia South Coast Computing Services uunet!nuchat!steve POB 270249 Houston, Texas 77277 (713) 964 2462 Consultation & Systems, Support for PD Software.