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A boost module can semipermanently attach itself and take over all the maneuvering functions with its own hardware suite.

Ha, found the practical engineer! I didn't think of that. Brilliant!

Or Kerbal Space Program player lmao.

I definitely did that once or twice, just send a small craft with some RCS thrusters and reaction wheels then attach it to spacecraft via The Claw

On the last Hubble service mission, they added a soft capture mechanism. They could attach a boost module to that.