Shuttle solution.

It seems there are more UFO's swarming Atlantis. This causes concern among the NASA types that something may be damaged.

I have a solution that would fix similar problems in the future.

Autopilot.

Plop the astronauts back aboard the ISS, and send Atlantis back to Earth on her own. Either she will break up, or she won't. Either way, no 'nauts are lost.

Then send Endeavour or Discovery to pick up the 'nauts. Maybe even a Soyuz.

I've got a feeling most of the procedures are already automated, so it shouldn't be too hard to rig the shuttles to fly themselves home.

I still question the wisdom of naming a space shuttle after something that sank in the ocean.