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It was stolen though. https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/real-life-rogue-one-how-the-soviets-stole-nasas-shuttle-plans https://www.discovermagazine.c
by montagg 2y ago
It was stolen though. https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/real-life-rogue-one-how-the-soviets-stole-nasas-shuttle-plans https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/real-life-rogu...
> In the ‘70s and ‘80s, Russian KGB spies systematically stole NASA shuttle designs and smuggled them back to their motherland, as detailed in a 1997 NBC News investigation by journalist Robert Windrem. Later, as America tested its new cosmic vessel, Soviet aircraft and satellites flew reconnaissance missions to aide their own carbon copy.
This is settled history.
- justsomehnguy 2y ago[flagged]
- travisjungroth 2y agoYou’re arguing against strawmen and being condescending.
- justsomehnguy 2y agoGuess you can't add anything substantional? There is a lot of differences what clearly separate the desings, but you didn't even try to address these.
- mepian 2y agoIt’s settled that it wasn’t a "carbon copy" by the spacecraft’s first actual flight. The US Space Shuttle had no such uncrewed flight capability.