On Thu, 21 Jul 2011, Dale Ireland wrote: > They land on the ascending passes even when they are at night and there are > nice daylight opportunities on the descending so I don't think that is the > answer. > I have heard the theory about work cycles and disrupting the sleep cycles of > the ISS crew which is usually on Moscow time. That would still result in a > similar number of landings from both approaches. Discussion ca. 2008 from Orbiter Forum, with what looks like some reasonably qualified responders: http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=5603 _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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