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healing-souls t1_j4xgpe7 wrote
Reply to comment by topcat5 in Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
launching once isn't fully developed.
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dbx999 t1_j4xge02 wrote
Reply to comment by MrZorg58 in Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
That is so fucking weird. I never knew this knockoff of the US shuttle could achieve take off like an airplane. I thought it was just designed for a controlled glide landing.
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kyrsjo t1_j4xfy7u wrote
Reply to Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
The aerodynamic model, which is slightly smaller (still big) and flew like a plane, is in a museum in Germany.
Silly_Objective_5186 t1_j4xfv6c wrote
Reply to Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
shuttles are cool, but have you heard about the orbital weapons platforms?
Bipogram t1_j4xfhh8 wrote
Reply to comment by RolandMT32 in Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
Astonishment perhaps that they existed?
Wait till they find out about the VeGa and Venera programs!
Bipogram t1_j4xfc5a wrote
Reply to Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
<holds hand to brow>
>Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES?
Yes, a great many people know about Buran.
It wasn't a secret, unlike some of the soviet union's more exuberant missions (Polyot, for eg: or the Luna Korabyl's test flights: Kosmos 3 hundred and something)
I've two tiles from a Buran engineering spare, and had the pleasure of taking a ride in its simulator at Zhukovsky once.
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IAmBadAtInternet t1_j4xdwse wrote
Reply to comment by ryschwith in Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
The Buran plays a rather starring role in Season 3 of the alternative history Space Race show “For all Mankind”
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wutangjan t1_j4xdrah wrote
Reply to comment by brokenkeyfob in Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
They broke into his apartment and trashed all his drives after he did that, but the video was already uploaded.
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topcat5 t1_j4xcf6m wrote
Reply to comment by a_southern_dude in Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
Incorrect. They launched one, it orbited the Earth and returned successfully. In 1988. The program ended because the Soviet Union fell.
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topcat5 t1_j4xbt7e wrote
Reply to comment by healing-souls in Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
The program ended when the Soviet Union fell. There was no money.
MrZorg58 t1_j4xbmnn wrote
Reply to comment by gadget850 in Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
Actually they put jets on it too, and flew it around like a plane LOL.
topcat5 t1_j4xblz5 wrote
Reply to comment by failurebeatssuccess in Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
Absolutely not. It was not a knockoff. There were significant differences in the design & Energia was a completely new launch platform.
brokenkeyfob t1_j4xbiet wrote
Reply to Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
Check out the youtuber who broke into where the 2 shuttles are being stored.
Zero7CO t1_j4xh0kt wrote
Reply to Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100
My Dad went over to the Soviet Union right before it collapsed and was able to purchase a whole bunch of Soviet equipment for his space museum…including a Soyuz he later sold to NASA they used for their Soyuz training in regards to the ISS. When he was over there they literally tried to sell him the Buran. It was this crazy time when everything in their space program not nailed down to a launch pad went up for sale to the highest bidder. Oligarchs gotta oligarch.