Why can't Soyuz dock while a shuttle is present?

"cole smith" wrote in message
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A Soyuz did crash into the Mir once, although it was unmanned. Probably
enough though to raise the hairs on the back of people's necks about Soyuz
maneuvers.

Wrong. It was an unmanned Progress and it was under *manual* control by the
crew inside Mir, not automatic control.

Jeff
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