> Throughout the risk assessment process, senior NASA managers were influenced by their belief that nothing could be done even if damage were detected.
However the CAIB determined Atlantis could have been used as a rescue vehicle had NASA acted quickly enough. It also put forth a high risk repair procedure:
I didn’t think there were any options. Indeed the managers didn’t think so.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaste...
> Throughout the risk assessment process, senior NASA managers were influenced by their belief that nothing could be done even if damage were detected.
However the CAIB determined Atlantis could have been used as a rescue vehicle had NASA acted quickly enough. It also put forth a high risk repair procedure:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaste...