why when the international space station is only 250miles away does it take at least 4 hours to get there?

Question

I’m going to be very disappointed if the rockets top out at 65mph.

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

One thing I haven’t seen mentioned is that ISS was somewhat optimized for Russian launches as, without Buran, they didn’t have as much capabilities as the Americans. It’s possible that a new space station could be made that’s faster for Dragon to reach than ISS.