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What a combination. Skylab B was as big as a 3 bedroom house, had an extensive equipment fit-out, generated a lot of electricity and had gyro stabilisation. Salyut 6 had moveable solar panels, on board rockets, resupply capability and a system which exrtacted moisture from the atmosphere for recyling. Apollo was similarly impressive compared to Soyuz, but there were only 4 left after the first Skylab.

So is there a way to get the 2 space stations launched and joined into 1 complex in about 1976? The only caveat I would add is that Skylab should only have minimum mods for the mission, nothing structural in light of the US economy and attitude to space post moon landings.
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