>>13491903What the fuck are you even saying? Are you ESL?
Foam hit the wing.
The only way to even see it was to ask the spooks to do it as a "we won't ask how you got this"
NASA managers didn't even want to look at it anyhow
Even if they had proven it was damaged, there was nowhere to go
No EVA possible because no arm in the bay, and probably no suits either. The space lab thing probably blocks the airlock anyhow.
They might could have gotten another shuttle up in two weeks for rescue to get the crew down, but it had the same risks, because Orange Foam Bad.
They couldn't get to ISS because you can't just change orbits on a whim, you're going 30000 km/s in one direction, just try to make a turn.
