On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:37:15 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> I'm sure temperature ranges were tested, but ice? Maybe they hadn't
> thought about that. IDK.

Having lived in Florida for a brief time, I can tell you that the general 
feeling is the risk of ice forming is relatively low.  Given that the 
shuttle was designed to take off from KSC in Florida, it may well not 
have been a design consideration.

Jim

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