Destin Sandlin (of SmarterEveryDay) posted a video interview "How To Fly A Spaceship To The Space Station" with Station Cmdr Scott Kelly in the Soyuz simulator. Kelly's mission will last for almost one year and will help NASA understand more about putting a man on Mars. Scott's twin brother Mark, a retired astronaut, will be studied on the ground as a scientific control while his brother is in space.
After Scott's interview is an interview with astronaut Reid Wiseman. Reid describes what is required to rendezvous and dock with the ISS; including Hohmann Transfers, correction burns, phasing, turn manoeuvres, and proximity operations.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2015, @02:44PM
Good video, nicely explained
Thank you Destin!
(Score: 1) by basicbasicbasic on Friday March 27 2015, @05:58PM
It's worth checking out his other videos - Smarter Every Day is a great channel and I would love to have had something like it when I was a kid - he's clear and straightforward but never dumbs down the maths and physics. One of my favourites is his video about dripping honey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz5lGkDdk78 [youtube.com]
And then there's this hypnotic video showing the dynamics of helicopter flight, which is the first place is I heard the wonderful phrase "collective cyclic pitch mixing":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2mITQ53kr8 [youtube.com]
(Score: 3, Funny) by tangomargarine on Friday March 27 2015, @03:38PM
Reid describes what is required to rendezvous and dock with the ISS; including Hohmann Transfers, correction burns, phasers
Those god damn Romulans, always making life difficult. Docking is hard enough without having to defend ourselves.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Friday March 27 2015, @05:00PM
Meh.....
give me another couple days alone with my computer, and KSP and i'll be able to do the same thing... or take out the space station completely (which is what i seem to do best: try to land but end up with more of a 'falling with style' kind of thing).
RIP, Jebediah.
:)
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