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From: mvp@v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Space station & stone-age units
Message-ID: <273@v7fs1.UUCP>
Date: 15 Mar 89 19:36:39 GMT
References: <266@v7fs1.UUCP> <4400@drivax.DRI>
Reply-To: mvp@v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt)
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In article <4400@drivax.DRI> macleod@drivax.UUCP (MacLeod) writes:
>A month or so ago I made the heretical statement that the USA ask for
>technical specs for Soviet docking and fastening interfaces and adopt them 
>as an international standard.   Nobody commented on this.  On second
>thought, though, there a third set of standards, those used by the ESA.

I didn't see that message, but it certainly sounds like a good idea.
It's kind of like the IBM PC -- it may not be the best, but there
are more of them out there than there are of everything else
put together.  And certainly the Soviets have more docking experience
than everyone else put together.
-- 
Mike Van Pelt            Video 7            ...ames!vsi1!v7fs1!mvp
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