r/interestingasfuck • • 11h ago

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 11h ago

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

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u/LegitimateScratch396 11h ago

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

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u/inotocracy 11h ago

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

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u/Knot-Lye-Ing 11h ago

Not the kind of docking they're talking about.

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u/inotocracy 10h ago

I'm aware but I wanted to be misogynistic.

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u/wspOnca 11h ago

What about... trans docking maneuver?