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Someone stated elsewhere in negating the possibility of a different type of vehicle providing supplies that said vehicle was incapable of achieving the shuttle'

Someone stated elsewhere in negating the possibility of a different type of vehicle providing supplies that said vehicle was incapable of achieving the shuttle's orbit. Could the shuttle change orbit downward to meet up with a vehicle that itself was otherwise incapable of reaching the shuttle's particular orbit, or is that just as hard of a change? I'll have to fire up KSP, but would it be possible to meet a supply vehicle and use less fuel than an ISS rendezvous?

vl 13y ago
This is not about changing orbital radius, these are relatively cheap to change. It's about changing orbital plane - for 90 degree change (i.e. polar to equatorial) roughly speaking it would require 1.4 amount of fuel to get to the orbit in the first place (and additional fuel to get this fuel to orbit).