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Originally Posted by ToSeek
I'm just bemused at the fact that the shuttle has flown such missions about a hundred times now (i.e., every shuttle mission not to the space station), but suddenly they verge on being too dangerous even to consider.
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Isn't it amazing what public opinion does?
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Originally Posted by Doodler
The sickening thing is, the second shuttle will be as window constrained as the first. I'm not sure what the available windows are for Hubble interface orbits, but it could be a bit of a wait for a team in a stranded shuttle.
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The most likely disaster is if the shuttle can not re-enter. In that case the wait is not a problem.