LordOverThis t1_j5wz0uy wrote
Reply to comment by sinspawn1024 in Why do sample return missions such as OSIRIS-REx use their own reentry vehicles instead of just going to the space station for pickup and return with ISS equipment? by PromptCritical725
It’d be pretty unlikely to collide with the ISS, since it’s already like trying to shoot a bullet with a smaller bullet on a completely different trajectory. Just guesstimating that it’s probably a margin of error of like a milliarcsecond between “intercepted successfully” and “it flew by so far away it couldn’t be seen”, which would put the difference between “intercepted successfully” and “everyone aboard was killed” at even smaller.
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