Posted on 12/18/2006 7:38:17 AM PST by NormsRevenge
And why jettison? The dang shutle is about empty, on the way home.
Later, thank you.
I'm back (for a sec).
It would cost more money and take more time to refurbish it than to replace it with the spare we already have, or even to just build a new one. Let alone develop the proper cradles and tie downs to carry it in the payload bay. Not to mention you'd have to chop it into pieces if it failed with the arrays deployed to any degree, so it would fit.
Catch you tomorrow.
Had to step away to do some Christmas shopping. Excellent news! When do they come home?
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