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On 8/27/2024 1:40 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
>> On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:34:21 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
>>>> On 25 Aug 2024 15:22:34 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>>> For Apollo-Soyuz, the Soviets made up some adaptor boxes that went =
>>from =3D
>>>> the
>>>>> American space suit connections to the Russian ones (as well as the =3D
>>>> adaptor
>>>>> ring to connect the two capsules).  I am surprised this is not a =3D
>>>> solution.
>>>>
>>>> Sadly, the Soviets (and their technology) are long gone.
>>>
>>> I beg to differ - Soviet technology is still here. Ukraine has
>>> destroyed 3336 tanks so far, most of those from the soviet era.
>>>
>>> The still use Soviet Soyuz boosters.
>>>
>>> One might note that Putin desires the return of the Sovyetky Soyuz.
>>
>> They may use them (and lose them) but do they understand them well
>> enough to pair their spacecraft with ours?
> 
> They routinely dock with the international space station, so the
> answer is yes.

The US and the USSR jointly agreed to use a compatible docking
port over 50 years ago - remember Apollo-Soyuz in 1975? Its still
in use.

The Soyuz launcher, btw, is one of the most reliable rockets ever
built. There have been over 1700 launches.

pt