"Herb Schaltegger" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Doug Ellison" wrote:

"An analysis by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration since the accident
determined that an attempted rescue with the shuttle Atlantis would
have
had to be put into motion within the first four days of the mission.


Anyone know the specific details of how such a rescue could occur?

Spacewalk two at a time from one vehicle to the other - with one of the
two
spacewalking back with the empty suit of the first walk? seven times?

Doug



I think the premise of the various rescue scenarios discussed by the
CAIB would have had Atlantis launching with five additional EVA suits in
addition to the two normally carried on each flight. Combined with the
two already aboard Columbia for contingency EVAs, this would have
allowed two Atlantis EVA crew to ferry over the seven Columbia
astronauts. I know I've read this somewhere recently in the last few
weeks but I don't have a link handy at the moment.

two onboard columbia - 5 on the ground - how many of these things are there
and could the other 5 be checked out and ready-for-flight checked quick
enough?

Doug