Re: OT: The Columbia
I understand that there's no other alternate
procedure for re-entry.
In principle, there are variosu alternate procedures:
- Repairing the damage in space
- Taking refuge in the ISS
- Transferring to another shuttle
In this concrete case, however, none of these procedures would have been available:
- None of the astronauts was trained in working outside the shuttle, and there weren't any thermal tiles on board anyway.
- The Columbia couldn't dock at the ISS. (Don't know if it would have been reachable with available fuel.)
- As far as I know, no emergency shuttle was available. (But maybe they could have prepared one had the seriousness of the damage been known right after the start?)
Regards
Jan Henning
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