Firing the thrusters only slowed the pod, it didn’t stop; the pod hit the space station, which made it bounce and move in the opposite direction. This would happen if

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Answer it orbits high above earth to gain clearer images of light, it magnifies images relative to the human eye, it records most of the universe as it was in the past, not as it is now;