(snip) It's not Buran that failed, it's communism that did!
I have every reason to believe that during their development and operation these two vehicles have seen the best engineers and scientists in the world working on them on both sides of the fence (snip)
(snip) the Russian team might have had an advantage in knowledge due to the fact that they could learn from their colleagues.
So please keep this discussion respectful and don't blame failures of politicians on the people working on great projects.
The Buran OK-GLI was transported in the exhibition hangar of the museum on Wednesday June 11
Nice pictures; is that a full scale model of the 747 in those last several pictures?
There is a new model kit of this craft.http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/viewtopic.php?t=63060
Iam glad she's got a good final home.Back in Sydney Australia in 2001 when I first saw her she kind of looked lonely. I was the only one there and I spent while over a hour looking her over specialy in the payload bay. Hope to see her again soon.