NASA, SpaceX agree on space station flight
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:48:23 -0400, Jeff Findley
wrote:
With Dragon, there is no crew on board to control the rendezvous.
Automated rendezvous of this type isn't trivial. Remember the
Progress/Mir collision? I'm sure no one wants a repeat of that accident
with ISS.
The Progress/Mir collision was while Progress was being remotely
piloted from Mir, not automated.
But agreed, this isn't trivial and success here will be huge.
Brian
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