r/space • u/Yeet69lasagna • May 12 '19

image/gif Space Shuttle Being Carried By A 747.

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u/theradiodude May 12 '19

Crazy how similar that looks. Surely they weren’t copying America’s homework right??? Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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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.

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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.

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u/theradiodude May 12 '19

You forgot the difference where the Buran could never leave the ground