Would have gone
"Whitson and Kimbrough were working on a docking port that will eventually be used by space taxis being developed by Boeing and privately owned Space Exploration Technologies.
The pair installed three other debris shields during their spacewalk and fitted a temporary cover over the docking port where the lost shield would have gone.
While not a perfect fit, the cover will help protect the station from impacts and provide thermal shielding, Nasa said." (The Guardian.)
Does "would have gone" mean "would have been put back/fitted/installed again" in the context above?
Top answer
fitted a temporary cover over the docking port where the shield (that was lost) would have been installed.
- fitted a temporary cover over the docking port where the shield (that was lost) would have been installed.
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....fitted a temporary cover over the docking port where the shield (that was lost) would have been installed.
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