Hi Brian,
I'll try the EVA with the astronauts as you suggest...I misunderstood and just did a normal EVA...doh!!....I remember now reading it in the readme.doc....also, was wondering..could you maybe take a look at my latest quicksave (see below) and can you see any reason why the HST won't automatically be "captured" by the docking ring?....I can't for the life of me see why it won't.....surely it's as close as I can get it, and it must be <0.3m from the BAPS.....am I missing something?......thanks Brian, appreciate you having a look.....regards, Trevor
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Orbiter saved state at T = 2920
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