On 2004-09-01, Damon Hill wrote:

Worst case scenario: if the VAB goes, how do we recover from that? Seems
that would kill ISS for all intents and purposes.

The VAB being totalled is one of those things that'd make reactivating
SLC-6 seem almost economical...

I assume the orbiters are in the OPF? I can't seem to find a direct
reference for that; regardless, they're specced for lower winds than the
VAB, which surprises me a bit.

http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/000121.html has some comments.

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-Andrew Gray