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From: pat@grebyn.com (Pat Bahn)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: fuel dump after scrub
Message-ID: <19546@grebyn.com>
Date: 10 Apr 90 19:16:05 GMT
Reply-To: pat@grebyn.UUCP (Pat Bahn)
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing, Vienna, VA, USA
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Why do they dump the fuel in the ET after a scrub?  couldn't it be
mostly reclaimed?  it seem to be a big savings in energy to make
a handling facility then to chill air for the liquid O2/H2.  That
or for the electrolytic plant to split water.

So why dump it?  is it too dangerous to handle again at the pad?
I mean they get it out there, so there must be a reasonable way
to pump it back to the tank farm.

thanks
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