12 pointsby gmays4 hours ago3 comments
  • lukeweston12343 hours ago
    Interestingly, I found that the record for the Soyuz capsule is around 3 hours, as they prefer much more direct paths.

    https://www.space.com/soyuz-makes-fastest-space-station-crew...

    Doing a bit of napkin math, it looks like this Soyuz mission made only 2 full orbits; this mission making ~5.

  • __s3 hours ago
    Surprised article skipped distance. ISS is 400km away, so 50km/h to reach? Obviously being a bit facetious, but gives some idea of what they're working with
  • majiy3 hours ago
    Obligatory XKCD, explaining what the basic problem of getting into orbit is: https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/