[rintense]

A gentleman on FNC this morning said that the only way the astronauts could have been saved, if the gash was determined to be unsafe, would have been to send up Endeavor to rescue them- and prep time would have been a huge factor.

[Howlin]

Another person said there was no way to get them from Columbia TO Endeavor if, and it was a big if, another shuttle would have gotten there before they were out of air.