It's also the problem that for example dockings happen only approximately every few months or so. Hence it's not worth the effort to make it a fast process - th

It's also the problem that for example dockings happen only approximately every few months or so. Hence it's not worth the effort to make it a fast process - the investment of time and resources would never pay itself back. Interesting that you used a ship analogy. I've heard of claims like "you can't LNG bunker a ship in an hour". But if you operate a fast turnaround ferry on a point to point route, your time table simply gives you no choice. You pay the money and spend the effort to develop a working process, and then you have a fast process. Pioneering is expensive indeed. And space is a very unforgiving environment.