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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Columbia showing her age?
Message-ID: <3309@phred.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 90 14:22:46 GMT
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Reply-To: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
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In article <20792.2765fbdf@merrimack.edu> yetmank@merrimack.edu writes:
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>Am I the only one who feels that Columbia is starting to show her age?  This
>last mission was an absolute disaster for the orbiter.  Such problems lead this
>small time space follower to question how long it will be before Columbia is at
>fault for a major disaster.

It isn't age that clogs filters and freezes waste water lines. When you have
7 people on board, using alot of equipment, you have alot of waste water to dump
overboard. The fuel cells generate up to 7 lbs/hour (nearly a gallon). 
Apparently the line heaters weren't able to handle it....Peter Jarvis....