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To: tejek who wrote (159935)2/3/2003 9:09:12 PM
From: hmaly  Respond to of 1583406
 
Ted Re... thought there was no up or down in space.....if so, they could have gone 'under' it to fix it. I don't think they even looked at it.

right now it is NASa policy to have the astronauts in view at all times, and a trip to the underside would have taken them out of sight of the people in the cabin.



To: tejek who wrote (159935)2/3/2003 9:21:14 PM
From: i-node  Respond to of 1583406
 
so, they could have gone 'under' it to fix it.

Each tile on the spacecraft is different and new ones can't be cut on the shuttle. On the first flight I remember they had significant loss of tiles, but on the upper side not the heavy-duty heat bearing side. At the time, they considered whether in-space repairs would be feasible and gave up on it as impractical.


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