[Poohbah]

The Columbia was not equipped for 14 more days of spaceflight beyond January 30th, which the date of the memo...

[KantianBurke]

My original proposal was predicated on the problem being dealt with within the 48 hours of Columbia's launch. Atlantis would have begun to be prepped within 4 days of the launch and would have reached the Columbia well within her air limits.