RE: shuttle breaks up on re-entry

From: Greg Burch (gregburch@gregburch.net)
Date: Sun Feb 02 2003 - 14:53:13 MST


Question for the rocket scientists: Would Columbia have had enough
delta-v aboard to change orbital planes for a rendezvous with ISS?
NASA's been saying such a move would have been fruitless because there
was no docking/airlock module on board, but a crew transfer could have
been done in the pumpkin suits. ISS's arm could have held Columbia
steady while this was done and/or till some kind of fix for the stripped
tiles was found. So the limiting factor is delta-v, assuming images
could have been gotten of the area of the left wing effected.

Greg Burch
Vice-President, Extropy Institute
http://www.gregburch.net



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