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The Russians had a Space Shuttle??!!
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:04 pm
by Duper
Who knew.
The really neat thing, this was an unmanned flight, from launch to landing.
Re: The Russians had a Space Shuttle??!!
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:17 pm
by Isaac
Of course... Nasa's been relying on the Russians for a while.
http://rt.com/news/nasa-soyuz-replace-commercial-719/
Re: The Russians had a Space Shuttle??!!
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:41 pm
by Duper
No, a shuttle. Not a space program.
They scrubbed it after the one shot. Too pricey.
Re: The Russians had a Space Shuttle??!!
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 11:32 pm
by Tunnelcat
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
Re: The Russians had a Space Shuttle??!!
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:51 am
by snoopy
It's kinda cool how it just disappears into the cloud cover..... maybe there was really a giant monster up there gobbling it up...