To: rs79bm
1) we could have sent up Atlantis to get them, which would have been capable of launch...There's no way another shuttle could have been launched in time. They're not airplanes; you can't just open the hangar door and have them off the ground twenty minutes later. It would have taken weeks.
To: Timesink
Russia sent a food ship up yesterday! Did you catch that story?
128 posted on
02/03/2003 6:52:03 AM PST by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: Timesink
There's no way another shuttle could have been launched in time. They're not airplanes; you can't just open the hangar door and have them off the ground twenty minutes later. It would have taken weeks. EXACTLY!!
136 posted on
02/03/2003 6:53:53 AM PST by
Mo1
(I Hate The Party of Bill Clinton)
To: Timesink
Ok, for explanation sake you might be right....however, in the instance of NASA, the worldest greatest Aeronautic Space program, the answer of: "we can't do that" should not be a plausible one.
188 posted on
02/03/2003 7:15:17 AM PST by
rs79bm
To: Timesink
" They're not airplanes; you can't just open the hangar door and have them off the ground twenty minutes later"
Well, if NASA had built them to the original spec you could have one ready for take of in 24/48 hours...
241 posted on
02/03/2003 7:36:19 AM PST by
Karsus
(TrueFacts=GOOD, GoodFacts=BAD))
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