Shuttle as OTV, was Re: shuttle breaks up on re-entry

From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Sun Feb 02 2003 - 19:20:30 MST

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Chuck Kuecker wrote:
> Why couldn't the ship be retained as an orbital transfer vehicle? It's
> in orbit - halfway to anywhere...and damaged tiles don't matter up there.
>
> Chuck Kuecker

Ah, you are thinking too logically, old man.

Designing-in the capacity to be refueled and resupplied on-orbit would have
added weight. Plus, we were supposed to be flying these once a fortnight,
so why would you need anything like that? How impractical of you!

<sarcasm_mode=OFF>

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