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I'd say the opposite on the soviet shuttle program. They tired it out, it performed well for them (successfully completing a fully autonomous flight), but then

I'd say the opposite on the soviet shuttle program. They tired it out, it performed well for them (successfully completing a fully autonomous flight), but then decided it wasn't a very efficient space launch platform and stopped using it. When you're going the wrong way, the leader is the one who turns around and heads back the other way first.

kllrnohj 13y ago
> but then decided it wasn't a very efficient space launch platform and stopped using it. No, they planned on using it again. But the Soviet Union stopped being a thing before that happened. And multiple times there has been interest in reviving Buran.