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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4473172/Eerie-photographs-Soviet-era-space-shuttles.html
yomancs
Russia lol,
MediocrityGetsMeHot
Why isn't this in a museum? Maybe it shine's a light on embarrassingly low tech for USSR in it's era? I don't care. It's historic and cool!
Sejanus1964
I really thought by now we would have settlements on the Moon and Mars...instead we just have a thumb up Uranus
BoobsWilly
Please don't click the daily mail links. They incite racial hatred in the UK
usernumberseven
That's cool... ...and a bit sad
LookingOutAtTheDoomedEarthSheBreathedaSighAsEverythingHadBecome
Yes, sad. The Soviet space program conducted a wealth of experiments that gave us clues to so much, incl. the first robots on another planet
newworldtraveller
This is that destiny map, right?
dietderpsy
It's like a post apocalyptic version of Nasa.
FullMetalHokage
I feel like there are some useable parts that can possibly be helpful to current space programs.
NR97420
#1 reminds me of a Space Moose character
Idownvotefornosauce
Finders keepers.
Ilbrotlein
This is your chance to kickstart your kerbal program!
stormegedendarklordofall
I believe they were destroyed when the hanger collapsed.
JeepersMedia
ilikethechristianlife
what's this from?
27yoUGLYvirgin
USSR Buran Space Orbiter.
ilikethechristianlife
Hell yeah
flyingmonsters
Why not melt down the pieces and reuse?
27yoUGLYvirgin
Do you know how much effort that would be in the middle of nowhere? Not worth it.
Nuggetti
Built for Polan, never of used
nicholcm
I always find pictures like this sad - when you think of all the time, money and skill that went into this project
DreadPierateRoberts
Gegenschein
*In the Arms of an Angel plays*
WhoStoleMySweetroll
That song is even more depressing when you figure out what it's actually about.
Buran
I wish I could've seen earth from space just once before being put here.
illthinkofsomethingcleverlater
Looks like it's made of Lego bricks
Eanikran
Don't mind me, just looking for spinmetal
BeTheHammer
I wish I could find something awesome like this. I wouldn't share it with anyone
Shitbuttfartpoopasscrapturdpissqueef
Amazing Paintball battleground. :O
Thewayofthebear
Did the shuttles ever fly?, would be cool to know if they worked.
27yoUGLYvirgin
Yes, very well. Once. A fully automated unmanned flight that worked flawlessly. Then 1989 happened. USSR gone, space program gone.
Thewayofthebear
That's insane, and it's a real shame they're just left to rot if that's the case.
27yoUGLYvirgin
Yeah, what an unbelievable waste of effort, ingenuity and money. Really sad.
AndIThinkToMyselfWhatAWonderfulWorld
Still better than North Korea's missile program
27yoUGLYvirgin
Considering it worked flawlessly, yes.
plutoisstillaplanetinmyheart
Always upvote buran.
supraman2turbo
Looks just like everything in the former USSR dirty, unmaintained and falling apart
LookingOutAtTheDoomedEarthSheBreathedaSighAsEverythingHadBecome
You just described modern civilization
drw16
this is common knowledge for anyone that plays destiny
alwaysupvoteitsalwayssunny
EvilAbdy
I saw cosmodrome and immediately started looking for someone who mentioned destiny. Hello guardian.
BlueFlannelGirl
I did the same thing.
drw16
Admittedly I've been robbed of the light. Here's hoping destiny 2 restores it.
EvilAbdy
I've been giving my light a break for a while. Totally understand
DontcallmeLen
It would provide an excellent lair for a James Bond villain.
TheBigBangTheoryIsAwesome
27yoUGLYvirgin
Like this? https://assets.mubi.com/images/film/25483/image-w1280.jpg?1445870985 From James Bond - Moonraker? :D
TheType95
I recognized that, not from the movie, but from the game. Still able to run it on an emulator, though it runs a tad fast, very hard to win.
27yoUGLYvirgin
Hell yeah!
Donkelo
Didn't the building collapse some time back, or is my memory wonky?
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKYOOOOOOOOUUUU
The hangar containing the flight tested Buran shuttle collapsed. However, they made more than one and these two in the pics still exist.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKYOOOOOOOOUUUU
One is only a mock-up used for equipment mating tests. The other is OK 1.02 "Ptichka". It was 97% finished when work was abandoned.
BecozImBatman
R u from future.?
DrDresDog
It did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft)
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKYOOOOOOOOUUUU
They made more than one Buran shuttle. The two in this hanger from the pics are still intact.
theonetruezuul
That sucks
TheQuark
Yeah, but our shuttle was a really bad design. Russians copied it, then realized that. Not really worth anything.
MetaSomma
Holy cow it did all that unmanned? In 1988??
dohcohv
They have had unmanned flights in the 60s
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKYOOOOOOOOUUUU
In the 50s too. Sputnik-1 was in 1957.
dohcohv
I meant unmanned flights with ships that could take people, and they did complex reentry too.
baldewok
The shuttle concept was not sustainable and the Russians understood that first because their money was tighter.
27yoUGLYvirgin
I don't think that was the reason. Space exploration just isn't exactly a priority for a country that just lost half of it's economy.
Locolarue
Which half was that?
27yoUGLYvirgin
The program was cancelled as a result of the dissolution of the USSR. Chaos + no priority anymore + no funding anymore = abandoned.
Locolarue
Right, I know that, which half of it's economy did the USSR lose?
27yoUGLYvirgin
What do you mean which half? It lost several entire countries.