Astronauts, managers and various members of the press all complained that the benefits of the program were outweighed by the risks associated with it, especially considering the fact that most of the US science experiments had been contained within the holed module.
Astronauter, ledere og flere journalister klagede alle over at programmets fordele var langt mindre end de risici, der var forbundet med det, specielt set i lyset af at de fleste amerikanske eksperimenter havde været om bord på det isolerede modul.