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I'd put it the other way: they stopped building because the Soviet Union walked away. The first Buran test flight was on November 15, 1988. Literally the next
by jpatokal 11y ago
I'd put it the other way: they stopped building because the Soviet Union walked away.
The first Buran test flight was on November 15, 1988. Literally the next day (November 16), the Estonian SSR basically declared sovereignty by saying its laws would precede those of the USSR, and the house of cards started collapsing.