< I can't recall the lady's name (former NASA head of Mars exploration), but I thought she had an excellent suggestion. Her proposal is to refurbish the remaining shuttle fleet by taking the vehicles offline one-by-one for a complete overhaul and rebuild, while the remaining online shuttles would operate on a reduced schedule (one flight a year).

Well, we have three shuttles left (Atlantis, Discovery & Endeavor). That would mean you would only have two years at most for a complete overhaul and rebuild of one shuttle which I doubt could be accomplished. Of course this would largely depend on how extensive of a total rebuild and overhaul she is talking about.

Current shuttle turnaround anybody?
SteveS