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Allan Cook (acook@CPcn.MB.CA)
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 03:06:31 -0600 (CST)

 I disagree. Mir went up as Mir. Zarya went up as paft of the ISS.

> permanently-occupied Russian orbital station was called Mir and the
> subsequent modules were Kvant (1), Kvant 2, Kristall, Piroda and Spektr. 
> However, the whole assemly is known as Mir (I use the Mir Complex), even
> in US publications.  Using exactly the same logic and with the precedent
> being set, the station which started with 1998-067A should be known as
> Zarya or the Zarya Complex. 
>