There are relics that tell, on their own, the disproportionate ambition of an era. The Buran shuttle is part of it. This Soviet orbiter, the technological twin of the American shuttle, flew only once. Once, but what a time: two towers of the Earth, a millimetre landing, and not a single cosmonaut on board. [...] More
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There are relics that tell, on their own, the disproportionate ambition of an era. The Buran shuttle is part of it. This Soviet orbiter, the technological twin of the American shuttle, flew only once. Once, but what a time: two towers of the Earth, a millimetre landing, and not a single cosmonaut on board. [...] More