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Slow and cramped. - Phil Kingdom - 01-06-2020
Next time you think you Austin 7 is a bit slow and cramped, spare a thougth for Spacex crew, with all of todays modern tech, a support crew of thousands and no traffic to worry about it still took them 19 hours to travel 262 miles and a further 2 hours to get out of the cabin.
RE: Slow and cramped. - Renaud - 01-06-2020
Ha ha!
RE: Slow and cramped. - Nick Salmon - 01-06-2020
If you want some idea of what they have been up to, try this sim. So far, in half a dozen attempts, I have destroyed the ISS each time - but then I only know about steering wayward A7s, not multi billion pound space capsules!
https://iss-sim.spacex.com/
RE: Slow and cramped. - Alan - 01-06-2020
I wonder if Bob reminds them about steering arms at every opportunity. ?
RE: Slow and cramped. - Ian Williams - 01-06-2020
Brilliant!
RE: Slow and cramped. - Chris KC - 02-06-2020
Thanks for sharing Nick!
Just in case you wondered what a successful approach looks like
RE: Slow and cramped. - Peter Clayton - 02-06-2020
I used a plumb bob hanging in the garage to position my RP correctly, when it was over the rad cap I had docked.
RE: Slow and cramped. - Chris KC - 02-06-2020
Much the same principle!!
RE: Slow and cramped. - Mark McKibbin - 02-06-2020
Being a Tesla product I assume it's has autopilot so the docking should be hands free, probably much simpler than driving around London.