[OReilly]

Bull, if they had enough to de-orbit they had enough to rendezvous and later get a replenishment to raise their orbit or return.

[John Jamieson]

No, takes very little to drop into the atmosphere, and that was gone. They had lost 6,000 mph by the time they knew they had a problem. Fuel for the main engines was gone two weeks ago. No do overs.

[Swordmaker]

Bull, if they had enough to de-orbit they had enough to rendezvous and later get a replenishment to raise their orbit or return.

With WHAT were they going to rendezvous? The orbital Chevron station? And I am absolutely certain that they have nice little doors on the side of the Space Shuttle for re-filling their oxygen tanks... NOT.

You live in a simplistic world, OReilly. Just because you wish it were so does not mean it is.