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Space Stations, Space Shuttles and Beyond - The Aerospace Discussion Thread
Case:
Some nostalgia for people who still remember the cold-war hype about the Soviet "Energia" and the "Buran" space-shuttle. IIRC, they even featured in some 80's SF-lit, e.g. John Shirley's Eclipse Trilogy - the best Cyberpunk you never heard of ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/28/mission-impossible-abandoned-soviet-space-rocket-waits-lift/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/16/russias-abandoned-space-shuttles-at-the-baikonur-cosmodrome-in-p/
BenRG:
Poor Snowstorm! She deserved better; I'd have hoped that one of the billionaire space nerds would have bought her so she could be restored and put in a museum for future generations to admire!
Kugai:
Especially since she only ever got to fly once - and that was in a Remote Controlled Unmanned Test Flight I believe.
Akima:
I never knew that Buran meant Snowstorm... :-(
I thought the spacecraft was destroyed when her hangar fell down in a storm.
Jimor:
The Buran Programme wiki page has a rundown of the various craft built (many were test articles for one specific parameter) and their current state/fate:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_programme
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