The scale and precision of this maneuver is mind-boggling. Anyone want to try for themselves, I can recommend the amazing Kerbal Space Program (0).

I just yesterday watched episode #38 (1) of kurtjmac's Let's Play where he attempts an orbital rendezvous and barely manages to get the spacecrafts within 700 meters of each other before they drift off again.

(0) http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/

(1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOTMHEAP050&list=EL4fj56n...