On 1 Feb 2003 at 17:29, Gary L. Nunn wrote: > At the last news briefing they said that even if there was damage that > they could have not done anything about it. That seemed like a very > stupid thing to say on NASA's part. Certainly they would not have > attempted re-entry if they had known about any damage?
That..is one of the problems with the shuttle. > > > The Shuttle did not have a robot arm loaded, and thus the > > crew could not inspect the damage will in orbit. (Columbia > > was also too heavy to dock with the ISS.) > > Ok, this is my space mechanic ignorance showing, but how could the > shuttle have possibly been too heavy to dock in a weightless > environment? The airlock isn't designed to take the stress. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
