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  • From: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org (Greg Cox)
  • Subject: [internetworkers] Re: No conspiracy, just a Columbia/NASA re-entry decision question
  • Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:46:31 -0500 (EST)

> I believe the Columbia was never equipped to dock with the ISS. This
> was mentioned along with the Columbia being the heaviest of the
> shuttles, since it was the first fully-operational unit, and the
> following ones were made lighter.
>
> Is the ISS in a higher-orbit than the Shuttles normal reach? Perhaps
> the Columbia was not able to reach it at all...

http://ltp.arc.nasa.gov/space/ask/parts/Shuttle_Modifications_for_IIS_Flights.txt

would answer this, but it's not responding. The cached version:

http://216.239.57.100/search?q=cache:vvWPpzC_xV0C:ltp.arc.nasa.gov/space/ask/parts/Shuttle_Modifications_for_IIS_Flights.txt+columbia+iss+docking+orbit+%2Bheavier&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

or

http://tinyurl.com/5a16


Also, just a guess: I'll bet it could reach it for rendezvous, if they
jettisoned payload and expended deorbit-burn fuel to get there. But,
that'd be committing them to a stay, with no re-entry capabilities.
Armchair astronauting.





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