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mikeash
on Feb 26, 2014
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A rescue plan that might have saved space shuttle ...
Nitpick (that doesn't change your conclusion at all): they had 3% of the delta-v needed to get to the ISS. Fuel requirements increase exponentially with delta-v, so it was actually way less than 3% of the required fuel.
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