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From: reyn@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: soviet shuttle
Message-ID: <191800012@trsvax>
Date: 15 Nov 88 16:41:00 GMT
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!reyn    Nov 15 10:41:00 1988


The Soviet Shuttleski flew this morning ( November 15 ).  It successfully
completed two orbits, and then landed "colse to the launch site."

I swear, that bird may look alot like the American shuttle on the pad, but when
it lands, the only way you can tell the difference is by the tundra in the
foreground insted of a dry lake bed.  That, and the chase plane looks a whole
lot more like an F-15 than a T-38.

Has anyone come across detailed information as to just how close the two are in
terms of payload size, pressurized area, etc?