[George W. Bush]

What ever became of the Russian Shuttle?

Didn't it get mothballed at that big aerospace museum/graveyard outside Moscow? At least, that was my recollection.

At any rate, it's called Buran. A single flight of two orbits and it landed under autopilot in a 38mph crosswind within 5 feet of a runway center marker.

The Russkies were pretty good with space technology. Never fancy but good results.

Two newer Burans were supposedly dismantled when the program was cancelled. Some Buran shuttle (the original) was displayed in Australia and other places. And there was something about one of the Buran's getting auctioned off in L.A. with a start bid of $6 million.

Bush to address the nation in 2 minutes.

[Tree of Liberty]

Didn't it get mothballed at that big aerospace museum/graveyard outside Moscow?

The Russian shuttle flew once, but only as a drone. After the communist collapse, the orbiter was bought on the cheap and turned into a restaurant in Gorky Park.