The Russians had a Space Shuttle??!!

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:04 pm

Who knew.

The really neat thing, this was an unmanned flight, from launch to landing.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:17 pm

Of course... Nasa's been relying on the Russians for a while.

http://rt.com/news/nasa-soyuz-replace-commercial-719/

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:41 pm

No, a shuttle. Not a space program.

They scrubbed it after the one shot. Too pricey.

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 11:32 pm

I remember that thing. The Buran, which meant "snowstorm" in Russian. Wasn't there an outcry that they just copied the U.S. version, at least the exterior?

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/sp ... 0153.shtml

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:51 am

It's kinda cool how it just disappears into the cloud cover..... maybe there was really a giant monster up there gobbling it up...