[michigander]

He stated that there was no capability to do a spacewalk examination for damage. They evidently had no way to go anywhere other than within the cargo bay.

[Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh]

"He stated that there was no capability to do a spacewalk examination for damage."


Actually, no. What he said was, they don't have the ability to space-walk outside the bay AND REPAIR TILES.

He qualified his answer, and directed his answer to something that was NOT asked.

I don't believe for a second that the shuttle mission and crew couldn't have done a space-walk JUST to look at their wing.