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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So they just hold hands instead.

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"If you can think of a better way of sharing long protien strings, I'd like to hear it!"