jumpgate traffic-jam solution: F1 and back or wait indefinately as at times the gate thinks there's a npc trying to dock and no one's there
detroit solution: for the n-th time - STOP! Don't Panic! Navigate back through the tube (180 degree turn), dock, undock, repeat if unsuccessful. Or F1 and back. Or F1, back and thrust (not recommended in case of bad lower back).
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor