From: avatar (avatar@renegadeclothing.com.au)
Date: Sun Feb 02 2003 - 23:34:35 MST
Wow. That's a point. You're saying they could have stayed up there a while
at their orbital height, we could have sent them tiles, equipment, air etc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey@yahoo.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: shuttle breaks up on re-entry
>
> --- 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...
>
>
> =====
> Mike Lorrey
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