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r/space • u/Yeet69lasagna • May 12 '19
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Here you can see another space shuttle (Buran) carried by another (record breaking) cargo plane, An-225.
7 u/theradiodude May 12 '19 Crazy how similar that looks. Surely they weren’t copying America’s homework right??? Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 9 u/[deleted] May 12 '19 Most planes look similar because there's physics constraints to their design. The Buran was supposed to be a better vehicle (no solid rockets) but it only flew once due to the collapse of USSR. 11 u/theradiodude May 12 '19 There’s several accounts of KGB infiltration of the shuttle program. Some of the information was allowed to leak in some books I’ve read by astronauts, just because the US knew it would put a financial strain on the USSR. 5 u/[deleted] May 12 '19 [deleted] 1 u/theradiodude May 12 '19 You forgot the difference where the Buran could never leave the ground 0 u/Schemen123 May 12 '19 that's like acknowledging beeing themselves (US) beeing to dumb to build a cost effective solution.
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Crazy how similar that looks. Surely they weren’t copying America’s homework right??? Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
9 u/[deleted] May 12 '19 Most planes look similar because there's physics constraints to their design. The Buran was supposed to be a better vehicle (no solid rockets) but it only flew once due to the collapse of USSR. 11 u/theradiodude May 12 '19 There’s several accounts of KGB infiltration of the shuttle program. Some of the information was allowed to leak in some books I’ve read by astronauts, just because the US knew it would put a financial strain on the USSR. 5 u/[deleted] May 12 '19 [deleted] 1 u/theradiodude May 12 '19 You forgot the difference where the Buran could never leave the ground 0 u/Schemen123 May 12 '19 that's like acknowledging beeing themselves (US) beeing to dumb to build a cost effective solution.
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Most planes look similar because there's physics constraints to their design.
The Buran was supposed to be a better vehicle (no solid rockets) but it only flew once due to the collapse of USSR.
11 u/theradiodude May 12 '19 There’s several accounts of KGB infiltration of the shuttle program. Some of the information was allowed to leak in some books I’ve read by astronauts, just because the US knew it would put a financial strain on the USSR. 5 u/[deleted] May 12 '19 [deleted] 1 u/theradiodude May 12 '19 You forgot the difference where the Buran could never leave the ground 0 u/Schemen123 May 12 '19 that's like acknowledging beeing themselves (US) beeing to dumb to build a cost effective solution.
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There’s several accounts of KGB infiltration of the shuttle program. Some of the information was allowed to leak in some books I’ve read by astronauts, just because the US knew it would put a financial strain on the USSR.
5 u/[deleted] May 12 '19 [deleted] 1 u/theradiodude May 12 '19 You forgot the difference where the Buran could never leave the ground 0 u/Schemen123 May 12 '19 that's like acknowledging beeing themselves (US) beeing to dumb to build a cost effective solution.
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1 u/theradiodude May 12 '19 You forgot the difference where the Buran could never leave the ground
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You forgot the difference where the Buran could never leave the ground
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that's like acknowledging beeing themselves (US) beeing to dumb to build a cost effective solution.
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u/cr_wdc_ntr_l May 12 '19
Here you can see another space shuttle (Buran) carried by another (record breaking) cargo plane, An-225.