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Originally Posted by decepticusprime

I always thought that after the shuttle docked with the megaship for the first time, that Decca reformated it

Not entirely beyond the realm of possibility, but it still hinges on the Rangers getting the shuttle and the fact that Norquist was so eager after hearing about "Eltar". Alpha referred to the Astro Megazord as part of "Zordon's Master Plan". DECA was probably only programmed to take the ship in at best, especially since Andros only turned around when Alpha convinced him otherwise. And given the fact that even Andros worked on the shuttle so that it would follow his original intent of sending them back to Earth, it's possible that the only thing DECA did (as reformatting a Shuttle in that time, especially since the Megaship was damaged, is unlikely) was pull the Shuttle in without Andros' authorization, which is probably what Zordon planned to happen.