cbs@geac.UUCP (Chris Syed) (11/18/88)
I caught a quick snatch on the radio yesterday about a proposal
that Canada join in a Soviet Mars expedition. I think this was
put forward at a major conference in Montreal this week. Anybody
have details? The reporter concluded that since most of Canada's
space budget was tied into the NASA station project, participation
was probably not feasible. I also assume they've asked other
countries. (ESA?).
Another suggestion was that there be a world-wide standard docking
apparatus - dare I say, a "universal" docking adapter. :-)
Since the Apollo-Soyuz days, this hasn't really been too realistic.
I presume they meant for shuttles and space stations, since having
say, Discovery and Buran butt noses would accomplish little.
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