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The 1975 flight did happen, and before that extensive familiarization with each other technologies needed for that. So I don't think it that obviously would nev

• sandworm101 7y ago
  Two ships meeting in space is altogether different than two teams working on a single rocket/program to the moon. Apollo-Soyus involved learning of each others abilities, a critical part of cold war/mad deterrence. It did not involve sharing how those abilities were created. The americans didn't give the russians a copy of the guidance computer.
  • avmich 7y ago
    > It did not involve sharing how those abilities were created. Same approach could be used for cooperative Moon flights. In fact, after Apollo-Soyuz we've had Shuttle-Mir and then ISS, and there are plenty of cooperation and cross-studying in those projects. From some point of view, technologies on both sides of Atlantic were similar - there were exceptions, of course, but for professionals working on projects for years the inevitable knowledge osmosis tells a lot. In another sensitive area, achievements in thermonuclear studies, cooperation did happen.