[Moonman62]

Beyond that, the board has recommended using the International Space Station (news - web sites) as an orbiting repair shop for damaged shuttles,...

That means every shuttle will have to launch toward the space station on its orbital plane whether it's scheduled to dock with the ISS or not.

[El Gato]

That means every shuttle will have to launch toward the space station on its orbital plane whether it's scheduled to dock with the ISS or not.

Or give up some payload, probaby quite a bit, and put in bigger tanks for the OMS.