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Originally Posted by Eleazar
Thank you. I'll work up a hot take about why they can't just give it some more gas now
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That gets a bit more complicated, but the simplified version is that braking takes as much fuel accelerating, and you're trying to match the speed of the ISS exactly. They do have the ability to adjust a tiny bit, but it takes a TON of extra fuel to make up any more time than a second or two.