luckily, they didn t get hit. what would have happened if they had? let s say a piece of space garbage whacks into the craft keeping awe live and you need rescue or repair? who do you call in space and need help? the flight director after whom nasa, christopher craft, is pointing out that who you call in the event of an emergency in space is the space shuttle. he wrote a letter if god forbid life support fails or the thrusters fail without a space shuttle to mount a rescue or repair mission. he recruited big names to endorse his warning, astronauts like the man who commanded the first space shuttle mission and neil armstrong and jim lovell of apollo 13 fame. today the countdown clock started for the last space shuttle mission, sts-135. atlantis is the last shuttle to make the ride into orbit on