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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Columbia showing her age?
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Date: 17 Dec 90 16:12:27 GMT
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In article <6407@mace.cc.purdue.edu> dil@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Perry G Ramsey) writes:
>There are two water systems, the potable and waste.  
>The real problem with the lines freezing (is it confirmed that they froze?
>I still haven't heard.) is the constant inertial attitudes that
>are required for astronomy missions.  It cold soaks
>one part of the spacecraft or another, and the line heaters can't keep 
>up.

I was considering the excess potable water as waste water also. When the
tanks get to about 80% full, the excess is dumped. In this case, the equip-
ment usage does affect the water generated. I think the waste water they were
putting in bags was some of the potable stuff. Not sure though.

Peter Jarvis........