Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!mitel!testeng1!stanfiel
From: stanfiel@testeng1.misemi (Chris Stanfield)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Re Fuel-line door questions...
Message-ID: <6929@testeng1.misemi>
Date: 14 Mar 91 17:53:01 GMT
References: <7792@crash.cts.com> <3330036@hpindda.cup.hp.com>
Reply-To: stanfiel@testeng1.UUCP (anyone)
Organization: Mitel CAE Services
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In article <3330036@hpindda.cup.hp.com> mears@hpindda.cup.hp.com (David Mears) writes:
>What if ...  Something were to happen and a shuttle were stranded in
>orbit.  For some reason it can't land.  NASA feels that there are
>two things they could try.  One has a very slight chance of saving
>the crew, but is likely to lose both crew and ship.  The other is
>reasonably guaranteed of saving the ship until some sort of service
>mission could repair it, but the crew can not survive.
>
>What would NASA do?

Never mind PR considerations! The shuttle orbiter is just bits of
metal, etc., and could be replaced (albeit at a high cost) but the
crew are human beings, and as such are irreplacable. If I were on that
crew, I would want (nay, expect) NASA to risk their equipment to save
my life.

Chris Stanfield, Mitel Corporation: E-mail to:- uunet!mitel!testeng1!stanfiel
(613) 592 2122 Ext.4960
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