On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 16:30, Randall Clague wrote:
> Columbia, the first orbiter in the fleet, was too heavy to well
> support ISS.  Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavour support ISS; Columbia
> was given the EDO (Extended Duration Orbiter) retrofit, and used as a
> recoverable space station.

Actually, Columbia was not to be solely used for non-ISS missions. She
had an ISS support mission planned for her:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-118/index.html

I agree that Columbia can't support the ISS well, however.

James

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