Wasn't there one time when Mission Control noticed a heat tile damaged and they did a space walk to either check or try to patch it? Maybe I'm just dreaming.

In all cases the cause was technical limitations not human error.

Technical limitations is human error!

The prime error in both cases was external payload.

In case 1, because of external payload there was no escape system.
In case 2, because of external payload the payload was hit on ascent.

You should really read the accident investigation for the second disaster. Concludes than external payloads are inherently too dangerous. That is why after the disaster they would not launch until until a second shuttle was on the pad ready for a rescue mission, exception being to the ISS because the ISS could be used as the rescue holding place. You have forgotten all those hours of self inspection before they dared to return.

Hey, have you ever been to a winery? Have you seen the fermentation tanks? Have you seen one where they are chilling it to control the rate of fermentation? Do you remember the ice coating the tank? That tank is boiling hot compared to liquid oxygen sitting in a rocket tank. You have to insulate the tank or that same ice forms. If there is ice on a rocket tank guess what happens when you go up? Ice falls off and hits the external payload. Insulation does the same. That is why the payload has to be at the top!

If your country wants to build shuttles and kill people, go ahead, the rest of us learned the lesson.

Finally while Hubble was big, you should look up the sizes of some of the NRO birds, and the other space telescopes which launch from Atlas and Delta rockets.

And a very good morning to you Mr Wiggo!

Americans seem to work on the basis of Jewish Tailors as in "Never mind the quality, feel the width". But in terms of size yes, the UK could fit into Texas 3 times, not that it would want to of course. But we have Garden Cities over here

United Kingdom

Garden City, Flintshire, Wales
Garden Suburb, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England
Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England
Humberstone Garden Suburb, Leicester, England
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, designed by Ebenezer Howard, originator of the Garden City movement
Welwyn Garden City, England, designed by Ebenezer Howard

It is noted that the USA doesn't have any.

------------> Garden City

Then of course we have the world famous Kew Gardens, and The Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Wisley, Surrey. Then we have the Annual RHS Chelsea Flower show with award winning gardens.

Point made young man? :-))

And we are seriously off topic here as well!