[HPFGU-OTChatter] My thoughts on the Space Shuttle

[Shaun Hately]

On 1 Feb 2003 at 15:02, Amanda Geist wrote:

> Judy said:
> 
> > In addition to the tragic loss of
> > the crew, we're afraid this will set the space program way back.
> 
> It can't set it too far back, at least not in the short run; there's people
> on the space station to retrieve. They can't ground the fleet on the
> instant, and having a successful shuttle run on the heels of this may be a
> very good thing. Cross your fingers for that successful run.

I'm afraid I believe it can. There is another option to bring the astronauts on the USS 
back to earth - use of the Soyuz capsule attached to the station. If the only way to bring 
the astronauts back from the station was a shuttle flight, such a flight would most 
certainly occur but there is another option.

I think it's most likely there will be a retrieval flight by the shuttle - but there's no certainty 
of that.

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