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From: gwh@monsoon.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Soviet Shuttle
Summary: Waiting for #2...
Message-ID: <40172@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 30 Dec 90 17:27:55 GMT
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In article <1860.277D4ABB@fidonet.ieee.org> Terry.S.@fidonet.ieee.org (Terry S.) writes:
>  Whatever happened to the new Soviet Shuttle?
>  There was alot of coverage around it when it went up,
>  then it seemed to have disappeared off the face of the planet!
>  Did it have too many problems or what?  

The Soviet 'Buran' orbiter was the first testbed, roughly equivalent to the
'Enterprise' Shuttle.  It didn't have an installed life support system etc. when
it flew.  They have a second, fully equipped orbiter that's expected online in
(1992?).  Buran isn't ever going to be refitted; it's apparently not worth it
for them.


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