Timeline for Were the docking interfaces for Gemini 8 and the Agena Target Vehicle ever mated before launch?
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| 55 mins ago | comment | added | Erin Anne♦ | Despite having answered, I don't think the premise of your question as I understand it is sound. We invented interchangeable parts and precision manufacturing long before we got into docking spacecraft. We don't need or want to match-fit docking adapters, we want them to meet the manufactured tolerances so they'll fit together, but we absolutely do have physical test rigs on the ground that are representative. Some (many?) are on motion rigs. | |
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| 10 hours ago | answer | added | Erin Anne♦ | timeline score: 6 | |
| 13 hours ago | history | asked | TJM | CC BY-SA 4.0 |