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**Anakattawl** · 08-13-2007, 10:24 PM

They have lots of possibilities at this point:

It's not a problem and they return with the vehicle in its current state
They can try a repair (with some kind of paste - compare it with filling a tooth) during an EVA and re-assess the repaired tiles with the OBSS.
Replace the broken tiles with new ones.
Start mission STS-300: a rescue mission with another space shuttle (in this case Discovery as it's almost ready to go from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building) to get the STS-118 astronauts to earth and let Endeavour re-enter on autopilot.

There's certainly no reason to panic

IIRC, early assesment estimated the depth of the damage to be equal to the thickness of the tiles there (around 1.2 inches I believe).

08-13-2007, 10:24 PM	#3
Anakattawl Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 551 Senior Member	They have lots of possibilities at this point: It's not a problem and they return with the vehicle in its current state They can try a repair (with some kind of paste - compare it with filling a tooth) during an EVA and re-assess the repaired tiles with the OBSS. Replace the broken tiles with new ones. Start mission STS-300: a rescue mission with another space shuttle (in this case Discovery as it's almost ready to go from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building) to get the STS-118 astronauts to earth and let Endeavour re-enter on autopilot. There's certainly no reason to panic IIRC, early assesment estimated the depth of the damage to be equal to the thickness of the tiles there (around 1.2 inches I believe).
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