Re: UFO causes delay of Shuttle landing (Re: News - Unknown object seen flying below Atlantis)


hallerb@xxxxxxx wrote:
As I told a friend the best outcome is this.

Source of debris located and shuttle cant safely land.

It returns to ISS, and the soyuz on station returns to earth along with
3 crew of the stranded station group.

this leaves 6 stuck at station with soyuz return capability.

it begins a BIG media event, shows the ineptness of the partners
lacking emergency soyuz return vehicles....

shuttl;e death plunges into pacific....

crew gets back ok:)

shuttle program terminated, ISS reevaluated,

CEV fast tracked on board expendables......

we move forward in space and dont risk futher lives onboard the costly
dangerous shuttle

You're a sick man if you call "the best outcome" being the start of a
situation that puts six people's lives in jeapordy (actually twelve
since we're in the middle of an ISS rotation). That's like me saying "I
don't want to see my ex-GF, who is flying in to see me. The best thing
that can happen now is the plane suffers an engine fire and is forced
to make an emergency landing."

The best outcome is that the inspections show the vehicle is okay, and
a nominal landing follows.

-A.L.

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