Russia's Secret: Did Space Station Nearly Die The Day It WasBorn?
Jorge R. Frank wrote:
Yes. The FGB was used as the orbit insertion/maneuvering stage for Polyus.
It's fascinating to speculate what would have happened it Polyus got
successfully into orbit, rather than malfunctioning and heading into the
ocean- I get the impression that the militarization of space would have
started pronto.
Pat
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