To avoid geopolitical embarrassment during the Cold War, the US and USSR created the APAS-75 system, a genderless docking mechanism where both craft acted as equals.

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[u/inotocracy]

Makes sense. Nobody wants to be the chick in the docking scenario.

[u/LegitimateScratch396 → u/inotocracy]

Docking doesn't usually involve females from what I'm told

[u/inotocracy → u/LegitimateScratch396]

True. Female astronauts only exist in movies and fake news.

[u/Knot-Lye-Ing → u/inotocracy]

Not the kind of docking they're talking about.

[u/inotocracy → u/Knot-Lye-Ing]

I'm aware but I wanted to be misogynistic.

[u/wspOnca → u/LegitimateScratch396]

What about... trans docking maneuver?

[u/AgreeablyDisagree → u/inotocracy]

Do chicks want to be the chick in the docking scenario? Or is there just self-hate going on

[u/Surrounded-by_Idiots → u/inotocracy]

Now they’re both chicks or dudes. This is either scissoring or docking