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WCDT 2111-2115 (Jan 30 - Feb 3, 2012) - QC in SPAAAAAAACE!!! Week 2!
jwhouk:
If that's what I think it is in the background, I believe the station is situated over the Pacific, roughly near Hawaii.
DSL:
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Probably just taking time to align and synchronize the orbits. There is a reason it takes a spacecraft two to three days after launch to reach the ISS.
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During Gemini, they could do rendezvouses in less than an orbit. It all depends on where the vehicle you want to catch is, and how much fuel you have.
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That's because NASA synchronized the launches for the mission, which was expressly for the purpose of practicing rendezvous. Other factors can affect a launch schedule, necessitating more or less time on orbit before rendezvous. For example, last week's rendezvous and docking of a Progress uncrewed freighter with ISS came after the freighter was on orbit for about two days -- and for whatever reason, probably more politics than anything, required coordination between ground stations in Houston and Korolev, as well as ISS.
Milesb:
Clearly Spaceship hasn't had any particular HAL 9000 moments if Hanner's responses are so laid back about him going for another orbit!
I'm really liking the positive nature of these interactions though - Hanners seems to be going into her comfort zone while Marten and Marigold are out of their own comfort zones, and it's quite interesting to see.
But I'm also worried; Jeph hardly ever (never?) writes arcs where's it's all fluffy bunnies and good times, and if I had to pick out a likely clash it'd be between Hannerdad and Hanners. Could be depressing, yo.
Anyhow, anyone interested in experiencing trying to launch a rocket and get it into orbit or even orbital rendezvous, find Kerbal Space Program and give it a go. I played it a few months back and managed to get my own rocket design orbiting the moon - it took me days of planning. It's probably one of the easiest ways to gain experience / understanding (in slightly simplistic terms) of how space flight works.
(Mods, I tried to check if it's okay for me to talk about KSP here but couldn't verify - apologies if it's not cool)
DSL:
Dammit, now I want an intelligent, autonomous HOTOL/SSTO spaceplane I can treat as a pet.
Wonder how Hanners feels about that other Strauss fella's work? Something about a river ...
Mr_Rose:
The HOTOL/SSTO bit is being worked on, and it's even automated, but I don't think it's AI, just remote control.
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