[FPSPACE] Buran.Ru news - Polyus vs Mir-2

[JamesOberg@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/14/00 3:16:16 AM Central Standard Time, M.Wade@iaea.org 
writes:

<< This is the same sequence as used for the ISS (except the FGB was launched
 standalone rather than as part of a larger module). >>

The problem with this scenario is that the active rendezvous/docking by the 
FGB would have been impossible considering the mass of the FGB/Polyus stack. 
Some other plausible mechanism for FGB-to-Mir-2-SM docking needs to be 
discovered.