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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: fuel dump after scrub
Message-ID: <3038@phred.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 90 17:33:36 GMT
References: <19546@grebyn.com>
Reply-To: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
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In article <19546@grebyn.com> pat@grebyn.UUCP (Pat Bahn) writes:
>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
>
>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.
>

They *do* reclaim the fuel. It's pumped back into the tank farms.
If anyone knows any different, let me know. Everything I've heard
says they drain the fuel back down into the tanks.

Peter Jarvis......