FloatingFatMan Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I'll take $100 for the pair! Loads more at the source It's actually really quite sad seeing them just abandoned like that... Anibal P, speed3okie and +Eternal Tempest 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Sad site there, who knows how Space Exploration may have evolved had the Russians followed through with their Shuttle plans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Eternal Tempest MVC Posted June 13, 2015 MVC Share Posted June 13, 2015 It's actually really quite sad seeing them just abandoned like that... I'm fascinated by abandoned things, especially something of large scale. To think how much time, human energy, resources and cost, and now it's turning to rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealDamien Subscriber¹ Posted June 13, 2015 Subscriber¹ Share Posted June 13, 2015 I want to put stealth jet engines on these things and fly to work in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted June 13, 2015 Veteran Share Posted June 13, 2015 This is real sad........The Buran was very special...it may have looked like the U.S. Shuttle....but that is where it ends...The Buran used liquid boosters, had detachable flight engines and could carry 3X's the payload.....it's engines were what founded Russia's Energia...killed off by the end of the cold war and political restructuring.......one of these should have been specially prepped for the national museum....... "Snowstorm" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft) http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a9763/did-the-soviets-actually-build-a-better-space-shuttle-16176311/ +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 There was a reddit topic on this yesterday and you've left out the most important detail from it: these are full scale mockups, the original space shuttle was destroyed in 2002 when the roof of the hanger it was stored in collapsed. These are not capable of flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I'm shocked at the resemblence to the US design. during the USSR and USA cold war, someone somehow got their dirty little mits on our designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I'm shocked at the resemblence to the US design. during the USSR and USA cold war, someone somehow got their dirty little mits on our designs. What? Ok if true, fair enough But the design is usually dictated by parameters, it looks like that because it was an efficient design for travel to and from outer space, payloads etc...? Draggendrop and +E.Worm Jimmy 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I'll give them this: Fully assembled and on the launch pad, the Russian shuttle looked much cooler. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I'll take $100 for the pair! You forgot to mention, buyer must collect in person due to Royal Mail postage charges +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 What? Ok if true, fair enough But the design is usually dictated by parameters, it looks like that because it was an efficient design for travel to and from outer space...? well secrets were stolen all the time. I was a soldier in Germany during the cold war. We were always down briefed about not talking shop talk to the fraulines. But I mean the general construction and design. surely they'd have created their own nose cone and the pilots windows... US version (Atlantis) You forgot to mention, buyer must collect in person due to Royal Mail postage charges ok you got em for $100 but the postage will be millions... HHAHAHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted June 13, 2015 Veteran Share Posted June 13, 2015 Extra goodies.... http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a9763/did-the-soviets-actually-build-a-better-space-shuttle-16176311/ http://www.russianspaceweb.com/buran.html FunkyMike 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyMike Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 This is real sad........The Buran was very special...it may have looked like the U.S. Shuttle....but that is where it ends...The Buran used liquid boosters, had detachable flight engines and could carry 3X's the payload.....it's engines were what founded Russia's Energia...killed off by the end of the cold war and political restructuring.......one of these should have been specially prepped for the national museum....... Very sad indeed.I heard a shuttle was commissioned for restoration prior to the Russian Olympics but even that was botched by whoever received the contract. These shuttles were quite special as they had autonomous landing which was a first for space shuttles. There is one Buran located at a museum in Speyer, Germany. Fairly good condition. They transported it over the Rhein river by ship. Another interesting project was the development of the AN 225 as a carrier for the Buran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted June 13, 2015 Veteran Share Posted June 13, 2015 Glad to see one was saved........I am a heavy transport guy....The An-225 and the C5 Galaxy are my favorites..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 well secrets were stolen all the time. I was a soldier in Germany during the cold war. We were always down briefed about not talking shop talk to the fraulines. But I mean the general construction and design. surely they'd have created their own nose cone and the pilots windows... US version (Atlantis) ok you got em for $100 but the postage will be millions... HHAHAHA! I was stationed in AK in 91, we still got those OPSEC briefings quarterly, they weren't open about it but we were still in Soviet Russia mode till at least 96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted June 13, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted June 13, 2015 There was a reddit topic on this yesterday and you've left out the most important detail from it: these are full scale mockups, the original space shuttle was destroyed in 2002 when the roof of the hanger it was stored in collapsed. These are not capable of flight. One of those shuttles is "Ptichka" which would have been the second operational shuttle (like 95% complete or something before the program was cancelled). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptichka_(Buran-class_spacecraft) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggendrop Veteran Posted June 13, 2015 Veteran Share Posted June 13, 2015 Extra info...... This video is in Russian...but it shows the collapsed hanger that killed 8 people and destroyed 1.01...the original Buran that flew...I believe that 1.02 is the only other one (not completed) and the rest were test articles..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_programme if problems.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feIlGXSqGsA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 There was a reddit topic on this yesterday and you've left out the most important detail from it: these are full scale mockups, the original space shuttle was destroyed in 2002 when the roof of the hanger it was stored in collapsed. These are not capable of flight. Only one of those is a flight model, the other is an actual shuttle. Jim K 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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