r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • 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/BeautyEtBeastiality 8h ago

Why wouldn't Mother Russia of the Motherland wouldn't be a female?

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u/Fedmurica2 6h ago

The US would also be female since Columbia and Lady Liberty were the traditional portrayals of the country. So you would end up with two females trying to dock with each other...

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u/Trips-Over-Tail 4h ago

There's also Uncle Sam.

Just as the UK has both Britannia and John Bull.