User blog comment:Garhdo/Extended Cut - opinions?/@comment-1341687-20120627015111/@comment-60.242.219.179-20120627135452

A small retcon, but I suppose that's to make the idea of the crew repairing the ship despite landing on an uncharted planet more believable. And hey, there's no "ship is totalled and crew is stuck forever" implication like what the fanbase took from the vanilla ending.