From: jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com   
      
   In article , jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca   
   says...   
   >   
   > On 2021-02-12 18:34, Sylvia Else wrote:   
   >   
   > >> I know Columbia had not even close to enough fuel to change its orbit   
   > >> and gently dock to ISS.  So not debating this at all.   
   > >   
   > > It would have to fire its engines near apogee to circularise its orbit.   
   >   
   > Columbia would not only have had to raise its orbit but also change   
   > inclination in order to dock to ISS.  My question pertains to what it   
   > would need to just "pass by" the ISS once without docking, and wheher   
   > the speed differences might be low enough to allow untethered transfere   
   > from one to the other.   
      
   No.   
      
   Jeff   
      
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