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by lwoo 1629 days ago
Speedrun.com [1] suggests it can be done within less than 1 minute.

[1] https://www.speedrun.com/spacex_iss_docking_simulator_

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this bot does it in 16 seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwWccjAD2i8

SpaceX: You're hired.
Zooming in on the video looks like that bot hits a peak of about 19 metres per second on approach, sometime like 40mph, lol

edit: when its 3m away, its still going 4 metres per second (but braking rapidly)

Another name for space pilot is actually "software engineer".

Get ready for a career upgrade...