Alerith t1_j5yopiy wrote on January 26, 2023 at 2:13 PM

Reply to comment by electric_ionland 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

I assume there are a bunch of calculations accounting for the Earth moving around the sun and through space in general? I can't imagine the math that goes into hitting Earth from deep space.