Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!crdgw1!gecrdvm1!gipp From: GIPP@gecrdvm1.crd.ge.com Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle status report 6/1/91 Message-ID: <91163.110635GIPP@GECRDVM1.BITNET> Date: 12 Jun 91 15:06:35 GMT References: <1991Jun03.022625.5287@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> Organization: General Electric Corporate Research & Development Lines: 31 In article <1991Jun03.022625.5287@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>, ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Eric Behr) says: > > KSC SHUTTLE STATUS - SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1991 11 A.M. > > > STS-40/SLS-1 - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - PAD 39-B > > > > Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellants are being >drained from the external tank today. Residual hydrogen will be >allowed to boiloff until tomorrow morning. > > Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen storage farms at the pad >will be replenished on Sunday and Monday. > What is done with the liquid ox and liquid hydrogen which is drained? does it go back into the supply depot, or is it considered contaminated and disposed of? > >-- >Eric Behr, Illinois State University, Mathematics Department >Internet: ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu Bitnet: ebehr@ilstu