John Doe wrote:


I don't think you can fault anyone for this at this point in time. We
have to wait to see how they react in the event they cannot fix the thruster.



As to why they are keen to test them:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/station/images/issalt.gif
Without the Shuttle reboosts they are slowly but surely getting lower
despite the Progress reboosts.

Pat