Repair SS at ISS filling station!

Dear SSI folks,
I am a little surprised there have not been a whole group of solutions to
the recent Space Shuttle problem being posted to this group. But, I have an
idea I would like to try on you-all. Use the International Space Station as
a filling station in the sense that it would have the resources to inspect
and do minor repairs on the shuttle tiles so it could complete its mission,
in the same since that many filling stations on Earth can do minor repair on
autos so they can safely get back on the road. It may be this would have
avoided the Columbia disaster if it would have gone to the ISS before trying
re-entry. Now I know the Columbia could not get there from the orbit that
was chosen for it, and it did not have docking resources, but duh, those
were decisions someone made and so don't make those choices any more. What
do you think? Jay Huebner