[John Jamieson]

No way to reach the Space Station, which is in a much higher orbit and in an orbit at a much higher declination. Columbia's fuel tank was empty and thrown away 2 weeks earlier. The Space Station has no engines for moving to different orbits either.

[Bobby777]

bummer ... how high is the Space Station? ... is it in an elliptical orbit? ... and what altitude was Columbia in? ... (I've heard the shuttle can only operate between 150-500 miles up, orbit-wise) ...