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Old October 26th 03, 06:03 PM
Hallerb
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Default Can 2 Shuttles dock to ISS at once?


No. There's no place to put the secondary docking mechanism (PMA-3) that
would allow positive clearance. For "safe haven", the first (damaged)
shuttle would be undocked unmanned, and deorbited destructively, prior to
the arrival of the second.



Oh sure lets just throw away a multi billion dollar irreplaceable asset........

Things like this should be planned for...