Timeline for Docking on the outer edge of a rotating wheel space station
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| Aug 20, 2020 at 14:02 | answer | added | Matthew | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 20, 2020 at 10:24 | answer | added | edgerunner | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 20, 2020 at 9:53 | answer | added | mart | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 29, 2019 at 15:47 | comment | added | John | Seems like a lot of trouble to go to when you have a nearly infinite amount of hub you can build onto | |
| May 29, 2019 at 7:41 | comment | added | A Lambent Eye | This possibility and its drawbacks are covered in this more general question What is the best design for docking onto a rotating space-station?. Possible duplicate? | |
| May 29, 2019 at 3:06 | vote | accept | Bob516 | ||
| May 29, 2019 at 2:53 | comment | added | user535733 | "Well, captain, we can go for the high-risk-of-catastrophic-failure-for-little-reward tangent dock. Or we can just dock easily and safely at the hub with everybody else. The ship owners and crew have entrusted you to complete our mission safely, on time, and on budget. What are your orders?" | |
| May 29, 2019 at 2:50 | answer | added | JBH | timeline score: 11 | |
| May 29, 2019 at 2:48 | answer | added | Thorne | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 29, 2019 at 2:44 | comment | added | Bob516 | @Willk Yes, I'm thinking of the station as a centrifuge. | |
| May 29, 2019 at 2:42 | history | edited | Bob516 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 29, 2019 at 2:41 | comment | added | Willk | Why the drone ship? Are you thinking the station is like a centrifuge? | |
| May 29, 2019 at 2:32 | history | asked | Bob516 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |