"Doug Ellison" wrote in
:


"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?

Not quite.

Columbia had two suits, so Columbia and Atlantis would depress their
airlocks simo with two crewmembers inside. On the first transfer, one
Atlantis crewmember would transfer LiOH cans and two more suits to
Columbia, and return with the first two Columbia crewmembers. They would
doff their suits and leave them in the Atlantis airlock while the third and
fourth Columbia crewmembers repress the airlock, get into the new suits,
and depress. Repeat for rest of crew.

--
JRF

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