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Space · by Ethan Brooks · 2026-09-26

A readable starting point on International Space Station with a surprising constraint

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Would love to hear how other people handle this. I am especially curious about the version that works on a tired weekday, not just on an ideal Sunday.

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Rapid Otter · 9 likes

This is genuinely helpful, thanks for writing it out. The beautiful constraint is probably the real story. Nature keeps being stranger than the simplified diagram.

Jonas Schneider · 4 likes

This is the kind of disagreement I like.

Siti Lestari · 1 likes

This. Exactly this.

Silver Runner · 0 likes

Thanks, that actually helped.

Jiho Lee · 9 likes

That is a surprisingly elegant way to frame it. A little friction removed goes a long way.

Pablo Martín · 1 likes

I think both things can be true.

Elsa Andersson · 0 likes

Good clarification — I read it differently at first.

Avery Johnson · 1 likes

Honestly, great taste. The gentle part is easy to underestimate.

Mariana Costa · 8 likes

That is the part people skip.

Omar Hassan · 0 likes

Now I want a spreadsheet.

Hugo Sánchez · 0 likes

I wonder how much of this depends on timing. I learned that one the expensive way.