Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Hypothetical Payload Bay Door problems
Message-ID: <1990Nov5.183601.9885@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <3731@syma.sussex.ac.uk> <1990Nov3.031615.29332@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Nov3.165738.10366@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 90 18:36:01 GMT

In article <1990Nov3.165738.10366@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan A Bishop) writes:
>>>... Would this pose serious problems, given that the
>>>door-mounted radiators would be unable to vent excess heat into space?
>
>>It would mean a mission abort and a prompt reentry...
>
>Could they not also EVA at this point? ...

I *think* the normal procedure on today's "operational" flights is to abort
if there is a major problem with the doors, on the theory that trouble
opening them might mean worse trouble closing them.  I could be wrong.
This rule might also get modified on urgent or time-critical missions.
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