[CT] Space shuttle disintegrated on re-entry.

[Dan Moran]

Would they have had enough fuel to get to the ISS?

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> 
> Yep.  Even if they had known of damage, there's not a damned thing
they
> could have done about it.  I suppose they could have made their final
> phone calls home, but they'd still have to do reentry.
> 
> Dave
> 
> >
> > Rob wrote about the need for an ROV to do an inspection.
> >
> > While this might be useful, the question remains, what do you do if
the
> > inspection finds a problem?  Without in-orbit repair capability or a
> > spare shuttle standing by to off-load the crew from the damaged
shuttle
> > (within the time constraints of decaying orbits, air, food, power,
etc),
> > inspections don't do much good except tell you the bad news a little
> > earlier...
> >
> > I am in shock at the tragedy, but encouraged in the same way I was
> > during Challenger, as the President stood up and said "we will
> > continue".  And my belief is that the people aboard Columbia would
have
> > been the first to support that decision.
> >
> > -- Ken Moreau
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