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AWR
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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2009-07-09, 09:00

Buzz the astronaut has accomplished many things in his 79 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin

He is well know for among other things being the second man to walk on the moon. Today I stumbled upon his MIT graduate thesis, Line-of-sight guidance techniques for manned orbital rendezvous, and have been mesmerized by its content, having read sizable swaths.

So this is what astronauts study before being astronauts? Well I'm glad somebody's doing it!! No wonder astronauts can make it into orbit and back again. Left up to me that would never happen.

Here's the link. Accessible .pdf is listed as Preview: Non-printable.

http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/12652

I have no other point but wanted to share this in case someone would also find it interesting.
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