Build a 2nd generation shuttle that can bring back large payloads as well as launch them. A shuttle that's launched into space aboard the same HLLV that's used for other missions. The shuttle would be able to bring back any broken or outdated equipment from the space station on return trips. Since the shuttle has to come home sometime, anything it brought back would be a free ride.

You haven't learned a darned thing from the deaths of 14 Astronauts, have you?

let me spell it out:-

1) It's cheaper to let old stuff burn up and launch a brand new one, than to retrieve it, repair it, and relaunch it
2) Winged re-entry craft are Dumb and have major weaknesses in re-entry protection, flight stability, safety, and abort modes
3) Winged craft are even more Dumb on launch and have major weaknesses in atmospheric drag, launch stability, safety, and abort modes.
4) Winged reusable craft are Dumb and have major additional cost and complexity and structural risk. it's FAR cheaper and safer to build a reusable capsule such as Apollo or Soyuz. You replace the basal heat shield, refill the tanks, repaint the exterior and you're ready. No crawling into tiny spaces to fix hydraulic systems etc...
5) Reusable craft are a bit on the Dumb side, too. When safety margins are critical and material strength vs weight tradeoffs are crucial for the whole mission program and fuel/weight/payload tradeoff, issues of material fatigue mean that a reusable craft will always be overweight and underperforming, and generally less safe than a single-use spacecraft.
6) TANSSAAFL [Larry Niven - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch], or a free ride home. If you bring down from space a massive piece of hardware, your craft has more mass and more thermal energy which must be survived during re-entry. Either your TPS will be generally oversized and overweight, or you are pushing the limits the day you bring a module down. Ever tried driving a big rig, fully loaded, down a steep gradient?