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The Soviets went to great lengths indeed making shittier copies from stolen blueprints from their western counterparts to show the rest of the world how great w
by tinbad 13y ago
The Soviets went to great lengths indeed making shittier copies from stolen blueprints from their western counterparts to show the rest of the world how great we were. The magnitude of failure only becomes evident when you consider that 90% of the 'GDP' went to fund projects like these while the general population was starving and didn't have sufficient clothes or housing. Very proud to be Russian indeed.
Oh yeah also check out the Byran space shuttle program, doesn't that thing look familiar as well?
- rsynnott 13y agoThe Tu-144 was more of a real ripoff than Buran; while Buran used a very similar profile to the space shuttle (to save on costs relating to aerodynamic validation, essentially; early designs were quite a different shape) it was very different in detail (kerosene boosters rather than solid, external main engine, largely automated).
- eps 13y agoYour ignorance is absolutely astonishing, as is the amount of bile excreting from your comment. You should really learn a thing or two about the subject matter before claiming that Buran was created from "stolen blueprints". It wasn't. Its shape and tongue-in-cheek color selection were the only similarity to the Shuttles.
- tinbad 13y agoI'm not out to question your, presumingly extensive knowledge on the subject. However, being a grandson of highly ranked pilot of the Soviet Air Force my grandfather told me a thing or two about this subject. It is common knowledge that most of the Soviet military (and non-military for that matter) advancements came from a well-organized campaign that was set out to legally and illegally acquire Western technology. The only part of the cold war where the Soviets were ahead is possibly scale, achieved mostly by enslavement of it's own population, not so much advancements in technology and science.