Re:Doesn't this... already happen? (Score 1)

This will be the first "completely" autonomous non-manned renedezvous for NASA. The Russians's have done this using different methods, using guidance systems that rely on lasers and optics. A good portion of this systems guidance controls will use differential GPS to create orbit maneuvers for rendezvous which NASA has never done. However, the Japanese have already done this several times with ETS-VII in 1998....but who cares about those damn Japs anyway.