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To: BenLurkin
Buran never flew, they abandoned it.

They abandoned their moon program when they couldn't get their heavy lift booster to work. Far as I know, they still don't have a booster that can reach the moon.

For that matter, neither do we. Saturn V is long gone.

5 posted on 03/15/2017 7:39:05 PM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: ZOOKER

Buran actually did fly, once, unmanned. But the Russians didn’t get the thermal protection problem solved correctly and the reentry from that one flight damaged the bird enough to make it unflyable.


7 posted on 03/15/2017 8:30:23 PM PDT by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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