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by uikjhgyujmn 5582 days ago
Not allowed to fly cryogens on the shuttle as a safety feature. You also aren't allowed to carry propellant or use propellant on serviceable satellites, that was one of the design problems with the HST + shuttle.

It's not a shuttle specific thing it's the problem of anything man rated - you can't put anything dangerous onboard.

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Then the shuttle is the problem. It's like saying crossing the river is impossible because you are required to use a school bus as a vehicle.