Hmmmm. Looks awful familiar. Kinda resembles our current human space flight program. Shambles.
1 posted on
07/23/2015 10:08:47 AM PDT by
rktman
To: rktman
I remember that.................
2 posted on
07/23/2015 10:12:17 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: rktman
Ballard was no conservative, but this book of stories was prophetic...
3 posted on
07/23/2015 10:12:29 AM PDT by
oblomov
To: rktman
an astonishing number of photographs!!
thanks
4 posted on
07/23/2015 10:14:29 AM PDT by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: rktman
Remove the “shuttle” thought and final product, this IS Detroit, USA!
5 posted on
07/23/2015 10:15:19 AM PDT by
Gaffer
To: rktman
“Russian Soyuz space shuttle”
Wth? Soyuz is a rocket, not a space shuttle.
6 posted on
07/23/2015 10:15:37 AM PDT by
Boogieman
To: rktman
7 posted on
07/23/2015 10:19:03 AM PDT by
Ray76
(Obama says, "Unlike my mum, Ruth has all the documents needed to prove who Mark's father was.")
To: rktman
Neat photos but the author is loopy, prattling on about saving these iconic pieces of history and how it should be a museum. The two shuttles shown never flew. The other one only flew once with nobody on board.
8 posted on
07/23/2015 10:21:24 AM PDT by
Pan_Yan
To: rktman
looks like someone had a key to the blueprint office at NASA
10 posted on
07/23/2015 10:35:47 AM PDT by
Mr. K
(If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
To: rktman
I bet I could make a couple of bucks off them.
11 posted on
07/23/2015 10:38:06 AM PDT by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: rktman
“...The Buran Shuttle Program was halted in 1988...”
More thanks to Ronaldus Magnus - for give the Soviets a run for their money.
And they failed...
13 posted on
07/23/2015 10:46:58 AM PDT by
jonno
(Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
To: rktman
Russia never even bothers to sell their stuff on eBay ,they just abandon it in place ,the country is full of abandoned military equipment also
15 posted on
07/23/2015 10:48:41 AM PDT by
molson209
(Blank)
To: rktman
17 posted on
07/23/2015 11:11:53 AM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: rktman
Stunning find and great pics!
21 posted on
07/23/2015 11:50:19 AM PDT by
Cyman
(We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
To: rktman
If I recall, they never got beyond the full sided model stage. These units appear to be mockups..
22 posted on
07/23/2015 11:55:45 AM PDT by
Cold Heat
(For Rent....call 1-555-tagline)
To: rktman
"At the time the computer power of this shuttle was less than than that of the cell phone in your hand"
One of the pictures of the shuttle's console has this thought provoking caption.
The author also makes note of the courage of people willing to go into space. Wow. It's amazing that anyone was even able to accomplish it. For that reason alone-you'd think they would want to preserve this place and turn it into a museum.
Most intersting. Thanks for posting this.
25 posted on
07/23/2015 12:07:36 PM PDT by
Pajamajan
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