Could Columbia have been Saved?

"Abrigon Gusiq" wrote in message
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If ISS had been available as a space dock, so that the damage could have
been checked out
before the shuttle went to land. Could it have been discovered and
repaired in space, if the
ISS Was available to repair it?

Alternate, new policy, would they have let the shuttle go down with a
crew, or should have
instead sent up a Soyuz or like, to act as a ferry to Earth, and bring the
damaged shuttle
down remotely?


Might want to look this up using the following links:-

The STS-107 Columbia Loss FAQ can be found
at the following URLs:

Text-Only Version:
http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq.html

Enhanced HTML Version:
http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_x.html