Soviet Space Shuttle Diagram

16 responses to “Soviet Space Shuttle Diagram”

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   jurvetson

   Dec 30, 2012 at 5:41 am

   Back of the Flight Deck: Buran vs. Shuttle
   my photo

   And a diagram of the Shuttle crew compartment from Space1 to compare to the diagram above:
   

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   In Memoriam: jerryfi_99

   Dec 30, 2012 at 5:51 am

   Great minds work in parallel paths… or it’s just cheaper to steal the plans… I suppose that might be a two way street. 8-o

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   jurvetson

   Dec 30, 2012 at 6:00 am

   Here is a collection of photos of Buran from the glory days… in contrast to today… in disrepair:

   

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   BWJones

   Dec 30, 2012 at 6:09 am

   One would like to say "optimized design" and all that converging on a solution, but this was shameless. P.S. Steve, when are you gonna take your Twitter account live?

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   jurvetson

   Dec 30, 2012 at 6:51 am

   I am taking the Silent Bob approach to Twitter.

   What similarity?? Here’s a defense by the Russians
   Energia makes the unusual claim:
   "Envisioned before the American shuttle, yet only built some years after Columbia blasted off into space, the Buran-Energia project was one of the largest, most ambitious and expensive space programs ever attempted in history."

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   BWJones

   Dec 30, 2012 at 6:53 am

   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson] Oh Boo… Chris Sacca would be so disappointed. 😉

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   In Memoriam: jerryfi_99

   Dec 30, 2012 at 7:59 am

   So… the US copied the Buran design before the USSR could build it? I hadn’t considered that… 😉

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   bike-R

   Dec 30, 2012 at 9:51 am

   Shuttle design finalized in JAN 1972 during NIXON ADM, seems a hoot the Russians always claimed better faster and first when all it seems it is a direct rip off of the ROCKWELL DESIGN history.nasa.gov/stsnixon.htm Now I wonder what China can do with this type of STS with unlimited funds and resources ???

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   seatonsnet

   Dec 31, 2012 at 7:36 am

   I wouldn’t be in the least surprised if the KGB had the NASA covered like a jimmy hat. Their successors probably still do.

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    m.p.moody

    Dec 31, 2012 at 6:29 pm

    I took this photo of the Buran Seat and Space Suit recently at the Air and Space Museum in Sinsheim Germany.
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/15752486@N07/8207105313/sizes/l/in/photostream/]

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    smelshem

    Jan 10, 2013 at 7:24 am

    Sorry, but Soviet Space Shuttle..

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    jurvetson

    Jan 10, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    Good point. I changed the title. The design is Soviet. The diagram comes from NPO Molinya which is a Russian entity today.

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    jurvetson

    Apr 13, 2013 at 5:33 am

    Here is a vintage photo from a recent Russian space artifact auction in Paris:

    

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    bike-R

    May 13, 2014 at 2:57 pm

    All it took was a few of these kits bought from a NYC Toys R Us in early 80’s by a Russian Diplomat, sent to a Swiss or German engineering firm to upscale the kit into workable drawings and the rest is history, still am amzed they had engines on it for atmospheric flight ……………. http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/builds/rm/build_rm_5904.shtml

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    jurvetson

    Jul 8, 2014 at 3:32 pm

    [https://www.flickr.com/photos/15752486@N07] — and here is the escape handle that would go between the knees: I also have a Buran flight deck control panel that I need to post.

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    jurvetson

    Feb 26, 2019 at 6:42 pm

    and a bunch more comparison photos here at Popular Mechanics.

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