Re: shuttle breaks up on re-entry

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Feb 02 2003 - 21:26:49 MST

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    --- spike66 <spike66@attbi.com> wrote:
    > > Greg Burch wrote:
    > >
    > >> 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.
    >
    > Greg, this will likely become a matter of focus
    > in the next few weeks. Had the shuttle been able
    > to make it to the ISS with damaged wing tiles,
    > they still would have been cooked, because the
    > ISS has no means of repairing tiles on orbit.
    > Of course the crew might have been able to sit
    > tight at the station and be rescued by the ACRV
    > or something I suppose.

    Actually, they could have waited for the Progress tanker due in a few
    months, which could have been loaded with some replacement tiles, which
    the crew could have used to repair the shuttle in orbit via moonwalk
    just like they repaired the Hubble...

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    Mike Lorrey
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