In a message dated 2/24/2001 3:29:45 PM Alaskan Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I don't know. Is solar wind a more than negligible factor? And if you have
> to travel through Earth's atmosphere before reaching the near vacuum of
> space, then I would expect you to have to accommodate for quite a few other
> variables. Matching the speed and alignment of the desired dock sounds fun.
> But nowhere near impossible.
>
Solar wind can be predicted from solar flare detections. As for me, I
wouldn't want to try and match speeds / etc for a billion dollar spacecraft,
traveling in 3 dimensions, at extremely high rates of velocity. Hey, I'd
probably sneeze at a crucial moment or something, and scratch the paint.
-- JHB
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