Markoz wrote on Feb 5^th, 2011 at 3:39am:

This "aircraft" does not have engines that can be started. So nothing you try will succeed. The idea is to load one of the 3 Flights (Entry, TAEM and Approach) and continue from there. The Space Shuttle, upon returning to the Earth's atmosphere, is nothing more than a glider. Mark

Without a second chance approach. :-/

It reminds me the 2001's incident of Air Transat flight 236, with 293 passengers and 13 crew aboard, who ran out of fuel in the middle of Atlantic ocean, in route from Toronto to Lisbon and made a emergency landing at Azores island.

The aircraft, a Airbus A330-200, without operating engines, could not use its thrust reversers, as well as the aircraft lost its main hydraulic power which operates the flaps, brakes, and spoilers during landing. Fortunately the flight crew managed to successfully glide the plane, and safely landed with the operation of the emergency brakes, at Lajes Air Base. :o