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> <<Atlantis was scheduled for launch today. We could be, right now, a
> few hours into the first space rescue, instead of a few weeks into yet
> another Shuttle mishap investigation.>>
>
> I didn't realize Atlantis was that close. Using it was clearly the best
> option, and using an updated tank, not really that risky, all things
> considered. This begins to look very dark indeed.
My point exactly. Atlantis might have been reconfigured inside the 2
week window and the crew retrained for a rescue op. The tank used on
STS-107 was one of two remaining old LightWeight tanks and Atlantis has
one of the newer SuperLightWeight tanks so while I'm sure some people
would have objected there would have been much less cause for worry.
Michael
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