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Would you consider the Soviet Burans in Kazakhstan ‘sitting in hangers’? The design of those shuttles lacked the flaw that contributed to the Challenger traged
by dillonmckay 7y ago
Would you consider the Soviet Burans in Kazakhstan ‘sitting in hangers’?
The design of those shuttles lacked the flaw that contributed to the Challenger tragedy.
So, what was the engineering reason for implementing a US design requiring o-rings?
- tatersolid 7y agoUmm... you do know the Buran only launched once with no humans aboard before being scrapped? I’m pretty sure there were plenty of flaws that would have shown up if Buran had flown 100+ real orbital missions.
- AstralStorm 7y agoThe launcher it was to use was hilariously dangerous. (Saturn V is but in a different way.) The thing would be killed before it even a achieved space. At least they managed to salvage the excellent engines out of the project.
- philwelch 7y agoThe Russians had the good sense not to sacrifice a dozen human lives on the altar of their space shuttle program. As a direct consequence of that decision, they also still have the ability to launch manned spacecraft, unlike the United States.