I actually spoke with an Astronaut that had the chance to sit in a Buran and work with Buran cosmonauts. He said it was all smoke and mirrors, barely able to do anything, and even in its prime was nothing any Cosmonaut would trust his life in.
--- On Tue, 7/21/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [Papermodels II 38484] Re: Dust off those papermodels of the Buran! To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 9:19 AM We'll never know the reality of their modular system. Design through implementation is far apart. It's easy for them to boast when they've never had to, nor never will, prove the system. :) JoeG -----Original Message----- From: Joy Cohn <[email protected]> To: Paper Models <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jul 21, 2009 8:54 am Subject: [Papermodels II 38483] Re: Dust off those papermodels of the Buran! While they may have the technology to build something like that, the cost is unknown. I'm guessing it would take more than the cheapest alternative we're already exploring. There is no way something like that could be taken out of mothballs after sitting unprotected in open fields for years - the Russian space program would have to build a fleet of those things. I'd be the first to admit, though, that it would be very cool if they did. Their system was far more modular than ours. Joy From: The Haggard 何麥可 <[email protected]> Reply-To: Paper Models <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:10:03 +0800 To: Paper Models <[email protected]> Subject: [Papermodels II 38480] Dust20off those papermodels of the Buran! http://www.russiatoday.com/Art_and_Fun/2008-11-15/Soviet_space_shuttle_could_bail_out_NASA.html?gclid=CPuGr7uz5ZsCFRMUagodI3Ct5A An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
