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To: mabarker1
Chances are that you aren't going to fix it even with a shuttle for a number of reasons.

1. It wasn't designed to be fixed.

2. It is in too high of an orbit for the shuttle to reach.

and, 3. While I haven't run the numbers, the speed differential may be too large to make the capture safely.

11 posted on 08/03/2016 8:21:56 AM PDT by Purdue77 (We got robbed!! Hillary for Prosecution and Prison.)
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To: Purdue77

It would be cool if SpaceX could use one of their recovered first stages to launch some kind of propulsion module. Probably not an option, though.


16 posted on 08/03/2016 9:10:03 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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