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ash on May 25, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Live: SpaceX Dragon docking with ISS

What's unbelievable about this? If I approach you on the ground we are both moving fast relative to center of the Earth. Or imagine us onboard the airplane.

sylvinus on May 28, 2012 [–]

It would be unbelievable if you approached me from the center of the earth, if you want to keep the same analogy :)

There was a moment when the Dragon had a speed of 0 in that frame of reference, what's unbelievable is the complexity of catching up to the ISS!

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