(Explorer8939) wrote:

There may be a lot of magic involved in that operation. In many ways,
the scenario is amazingly similar to the Skylab rescue plan, that
would have used a teleoperated servicer to change the orbit of Skylab.
We all know how that worked out.

No, we don't know how it worked out. The plan was never carried out.

D.
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