[SuziQ]

We saw a program last night about the Shuttle, and they said because of the Columbia disaster, that the astronauts now have the ability to do some repairs in space. I hope the damage to Atlantis is in the repairable range.

[NormsRevenge]

They have a couple kits onboard.. and thermal-resistant 'duct' tape as well, I'm sure.. :-]

I don't think they will need to do any patch tho.

Today, they slammed in the new camera.. 30 times more powerful than the old one..

The old camera had made 135,000 'observations'.

In this image taken from NASA video, astronaut John Grunsfeld (L) gives a tool to colleague Drew Feustel during the first space walk to repair the Hubble space telescope. The two astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis Thursday began the first of five ambitious spacewalks to overhaul the Hubble and extend its working life. (AFP/NASA VIDEO)