On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 20:40:49 +0000 (UTC), Phil Pugliese
<xxxxxx@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Wasn't there a 'spin-docking' sequence way back in the movie '2001'?

There was; that was an example of the first model (counter-rotating hub).

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