Most Difficult Task...

[mborgia]

What in your opinion is the single most difficult task presented thus far in the 22 SSM 2007 missions made available thus far.

I will nominate the TPAD capture of Solar Max during STS 41-C.  It is one of only two elements where you must dock to an object without being able to look through the centerline to your target.  STS-51A is the other, but its far easier to place the end of the "stinger" and you have a much larger target.  In addition you have a tangentially moving target with Solar Max as the satellite spins.

Anyone think anything else is tougher?

Some nominations...

Berthing Destiny to Unity (STS-98)
Berthing SSRMS Pallet To Destiny (STS-100)
Dock Zarya To Unity (STS-88)
Capture LACROSS 1 Without Any Radar Rate And Range Guidance (STS-27)
Capture Atlantis At Odd RMS Angle (STS-401)

[Pocci]

Finding the EVA trigger points in many of the EVA missions.

[uri_ba]

all those moving targets (or EVA triggers) have never given me as much head-ache as the moving the PMA on and off the Z1 Truss on STS-98.

IMHO, those two tasks are the most challenging of all..

[sgi]

I agree with Uri_ba: I was very lucky, and solved the situations in few minutes, but my impression was of extreme difficulty.

[JLM]

I have to say that STS-100 was pretty hard, and the second would be STS-103, the most difficult EVA I think on the game.

[Hollywood6385]

I should also have to agree with Uri, I just finished STS-98, and it took me a lonnng time to figure out how to maneuver the PMA

[Dee-Jay]

Finding the EVA trigger points in many of the EVA missions.

+1000% 

[Cthulhus]

For me, the hardest mission ever is STS27 And that will be more harder if they add the Tile inspection !

[USA~Driver]

STS-98, Hands down.   

[Cthulhus]

haaaa, yes, 98 ... I forgot that one ! You're right !

[STS78MEMBER]

By far STS 1 - just kidding.   

I think STS 27 was pretty tough but STS 88 was my "problem child" mission that took me the longest to complete.  I think i did 5 other missions before fully completing STS 88.

[desktopsimmer]

Uri, I'm just doing STS-98 now, moving the PMA2 was a nightmare, I think I would of clipped something when I was moving it. IMHO would be a lot easier with all of the RMS modes, hint, PL

Also, did the Astronaut helmet camera's plus verbal commands help with postioning PMA2, as the cameras were blocked most of the time?

[christra]

Here's a nice article about STS-98 and Marsha Ivins who relocated the PMA 2 and what technique she used to do it:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-98/crew/intivins.html

They used the same technique (camera/mirror) on STS-130 now, when PMA 3 was relocated.

[Dee-Jay]

Here is the result of a bad docking technique : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KS-ypy88fY

[spaceboy7441]

Here is the result of a bad docking technique : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KS-ypy88fY

Sorry but I do not like that video. It is very disturbing in having the knowledge it could happen