i think spacex browser game just fixed my fried focus, lol spent 20 min last night manually docking a crew dragon to the iss and my head went dead quiet for the first time in weeks. it's the real spacex sim, free, runs in the browser, no install. ease... the translation in, null your rotation rate, hold the crosshairs dead center, soft capture. and that's the actual manual procedure the crew falls back on if autonomous docking ever drops. go dock something tonight.show more

"my head went dead quiet for the first time in weeks." This is why I fly planes: “I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things. ” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

the precise task quiets the mind thing is real.

This is Ender’s Game. You’re actually docking a real spacecraft and just don’t know it

Its a cool sim but sadly not accurate to orbital mechanics, it simulates as if the capsule and station are hovering stationary instead of in orbit. IRL, maneuvering forward/backward relative to the station would also cause the opposite side of the orbit to shift slightly down/up

Let’s go!

fuck I just wasted 20 minutes I didn't even realize there was a speed maximum. Was running about .6 m/s. everything else was full 0's/

Bro, if space helps you, try my app, Star Focus. It’s a real 3D map of thousands of stars and you can travel between at 10m x speed of light, with or without music & nature sounds. Choose routes from 5 to 120 min and enjoy a forward or side view and see stars are passing around.

This would be a great recruiting tool for @SpaceX. Not only could they select people with aptitude, they could select for people with passion for the brand. You’d get better talent than going through rounds and rounds of interviews listening to rehearsed answers.

Feel like a real astronaut now

welcome to the corps 🫡

Where do I check my time? Felt like 7-8 minutes

@elonmusk is either training the model like Captcha or Duolingo Or he is trying to find pilots a’la @orsonscottcard Ender Wiggin

Mastered it already, @SpaceX, when is the sequel?

@SpaceX 👀

It's fun! I successfully docked my 1st attempt, and then showed my kids during the 2nd attempt and got success again. They were mildly amused and said "cool" but were only halfway paying attention...

first try twice, with an audience, you're basically flight qualified 😄

Smart way to gather AI training data for spaceX

just play Elite Dangerous

sounds like you need to install Kerbal and do a RP1 playthrough lol

weekend's officially gone 🚀

Thanks! The last few meters were intense! 😀

those last few meters are the whole thing 😄 all closing rate, ease it to a crawl or you bounce right off. real docking takes that final stretch at centimeters per second for the same reason. did you stick the capture?

Yes, I did. It took a while, because I jumped at it without reading the instructions (I’m a man!), so I’ve learned a new trade by trial and error. I thought closing in would be more tricky, needing some orbital mechanics (lowering the altitude). It was fun! I’m ready to go! 😀

If you do well enough you get recruited like in “The Last Starfighter”

Going to try this in the morning.

Try meditation. Start with short sessions. Use an app if you must. Sit however you want. Close your eyes. Do nothing. When your mind wanders and you forget your intention, start again. It builds a subtle, profound mental power. This is good for programmers if you need a reason.

Play Elite and throw the keyboard at the wall 😂

There's an option to toggle flat earth too

@bsansouci If you haven't, give the game outer wilds a shot.

I’ll be docking with your mom tonite

I get that still and quiet brain, cave diving. You must, or you die. It's a great motivator to relax/concentrate/focus.

You can play this in yer Tesla BTW.

You’d love Kerbal Space Program

@BrianRoemmele

@SpaceX should acquire the Kerbal ip and release a full space sim

I hope they’re training their docking model with those successful sim runs.

You never realize how hard docking is till you do this or play KSP

This is the game in my Tesla.

@ElBadiablo me llevo 3 intentos pero se logro!!! Badia crees poder acoplarte con la ISS en este minijuego? 🫡

Ever read "Enders Game"?

Probably training docking models with the data

had the same thought, but it'd be training on noise, inputs from a simplified browser physics model are nothing like real 6dof dynamics or the actual sensor stack. real docking autonomy learns from flight data + high fid sim, not people nudging a browser game. great outreach toy though.

They have this exact sim on Tesla cars