Shuttle water dump scheduled 23MAY 0208UTC

3432P@VM1.CC.NPS.NAVY.MIL
Wed, 21 May 97 16:17:12 PDT

The next shuttle water dump is scheduled for Friday, 23 May, at 0208 UTC.
There will be an early morning pass for Western Europe afterward, during
the same orbit that the dump will occur.  I'll post more specifics once
the shuttle's location is better defined following the undocking.

The NASA source who works at the Manned Space Flight Center who is
providing the dump times has also reported that the dumping of 600
pounds of water from the Mir has been cancelled.  The water is mixed with
ethelyne glycol, and it's too risky to dump it through the shuttle piping
because of possible contamination. The Mir will not dump it either.  I
suppose they'll just have to load up bags of the stuff into a Progress
and de-orbit it.

 Craig Cholar    3432P@VM1.CC.NPS.NAVY.MIL
 Marina, California
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