re hst servicing mission scheduled for days in rs au an access digex net prb access digex net pat writes how different would the contamination threat of a small manuevering tug be from that of the shuttle and it s oms engines the aperture door will be shut during reboost using the shuttle means that there will be someone nearby to pry the door open again if it should stick i just figured if goldin wants to really prove out faster cheaper better have some of the whiz kids slap together an expendable space manuevering tug out of a bus and use that for the re boost it s clear that the whiz kids are not running the show in any case it s not prudent to stick a slapped together explosive device on the end of a billion dollar asset that you d like to see again wiseacres might say that a shuttle is a slapped together explosive device but at least it s had some testing
