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Umm... 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 u
by tatersolid 7y ago
Umm... 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.