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Groundless Docking and Undocking
How close is ISS to being able to handle a visiting spacecraft's docking
and undocking without ground teams coaching? (I recognize that the size of the ground team for Shuttle is a special case, that won't change before retirement.) /dps |
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Jeff Findley scribbled something like ...
says... How close is ISS to being able to handle a visiting spacecraft's docking and undocking without ground teams coaching? Even for completely automated rendezvous and docking, you would still want to monitor it and have the ability to remotely abort in case something unexpected happened. Automated systems don't often handle the unexpected well, because if it really is unexpected, how could the software developers account for it in the software they wrote? But you've got people on site to monitor ... /dps |
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On 03/06/2011 08:12 PM, Snidely wrote:
Jeff scribbled something like ... says... How close is ISS to being able to handle a visiting spacecraft's docking and undocking without ground teams coaching? Even for completely automated rendezvous and docking, you would still want to monitor it and have the ability to remotely abort in case something unexpected happened. Automated systems don't often handle the unexpected well, because if it really is unexpected, how could the software developers account for it in the software they wrote? But you've got people on site to monitor ... With very limited telemetry from the visiting vehicle, and limited training. ISS expeditions last six months and during that time the visiting vehicle manifest can change dramatically. |
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"Jorge R. Frank" scribbled something like ...
With very limited telemetry from the visiting vehicle, and limited training. ISS expeditions last six months and during that time the visiting vehicle manifest can change dramatically. Well, I guess that's a good reason for not doing the groundless procedure yet. ;-) Thanks again, Jorge. /dps |
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You are wrong completely. Google will not block 3rd party launchers. They actually encourage them in their store. The only thing they are trying to do is make the interface better so OEMs may have no reason to create their own interface but they will not block them.
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My job is keeping datacenters running 24/7. This means often having a
person onsite to do some physical work (replacing equipment, etc.) I learned long ago that having someone "remote' worked far better since they can have a much better big picture of things. The people "on the ground" so to speak have a very focused view. So while I'm sure in an emergency a docking could happen, you'd want it to be in near perfect condition. By involving the ground, you get more eyes on the problem. Think of air traffic control. You can land a plan at an airport without help from the tower (and that's done all the time) but for the bigger planes, bigger airports, etc you really want tower support. I suppose eventually "ground control" for docking may move to an orbital facility, but that'll be when we have MUCH larger facilities in space. "Jorge R. Frank" wrote in message ... On 03/06/2011 08:12 PM, Snidely wrote: Jeff scribbled something like ... says... How close is ISS to being able to handle a visiting spacecraft's docking and undocking without ground teams coaching? Even for completely automated rendezvous and docking, you would still want to monitor it and have the ability to remotely abort in case something unexpected happened. Automated systems don't often handle the unexpected well, because if it really is unexpected, how could the software developers account for it in the software they wrote? But you've got people on site to monitor ... With very limited telemetry from the visiting vehicle, and limited training. ISS expeditions last six months and during that time the visiting vehicle manifest can change dramatically. |
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