Some more pictures of this "spacecraft, once a symbol of Russian cosmic power, seemingly abandoned in a junkyard on the outskirts of Moscow, like something out of science fiction"
http://topwar.ru/1564-buran-prinesennyj-v-zhertvu.html
Without the wings, it´s really just a bullet train covered with funny tiles.
BURAN - and the spaced-out Soviet efforts
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Re: BURAN - and the spaced-out Soviet efforts
I just realized a lot more tales information and pictures of Buran have appeared on the internet since I last looked.
Here is what happened to a mock-up craft which didn´t get "abandoned in a junkyard on the outskirts of Moscow":
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqZg0WbVE6w
edit: Rusty mentioned it on the previous page, but the video shows how the exhibit was set up.
Here is what happened to a mock-up craft which didn´t get "abandoned in a junkyard on the outskirts of Moscow":
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqZg0WbVE6w
edit: Rusty mentioned it on the previous page, but the video shows how the exhibit was set up.
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Re: BURAN - and the spaced-out Soviet efforts
Thirty-two pictures, most of which showing abandoned "launch facilities":
http://www.mlml.com.br/2010/12/buran-onibus-espaciais/
http://www.mlml.com.br/2010/12/buran-onibus-espaciais/