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They do need to wait for the Dragon (and ISS) to travel a bit in their respective orbit until another opportunity comes up for rendevouz. Theres some concern th
by revelation 14y ago
They do need to wait for the Dragon (and ISS) to travel a bit in their respective orbit until another opportunity comes up for rendevouz. Theres some concern that the Dragon might get too low and reenter, so they will probably have to expend fuel to stop that from happening.
- jlgreco 14y agoSounds like they have now successfully raised the orbit. Rendezvous is still delayed I imagine.
- danielweber 14y agoMy understanding is that NASA gets final say, and that needs to happen about 24 hours ahead of time. I believe tomorrow afternoon NASA will make that decision, and then Dragon will go into an orbit that will intersect with ISS's. I'm very happy. Not as happy as if there were no hiccough (SpaceX has some big enemies and they will be harping on this with the FUD), but things are playing out nicely.
- jlgreco 14y agoYeah. On the bright side, it is nice to see that they are able to react to unanticipated problems rapidly and effectively.