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Own Your Own Russian Space Shuttle

Posted by Hemos on from the new-meaning-to-"home-launch" dept.

MagicM writes "On e-bay, you can now bid on a Russian test shuttle: "This is a Bor-5 VKK (Spacecraft) and was used to test the aerodynamic characteristics of high altitude and extreme speed and heat on a space vehicle. It is an exact 1/8 scale model of the Russian "Buran" space shuttle." Bids starting at $550,000.00, no bids yet, closes at Aug-12-01 18:44:03 PDT. Better hurry!" I think the most humourous part of this is the seller added "I prefer PayPal!" Anyone out there with a 550,000 credit limit, buy away! *grin*

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  1. hey it's Junk Yard Wars! by garcia · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I would think that the people from JYW could come up w/a far better space vehicle from the scrap heap (at least it would be better looking -- there was some guy that painted their creation to make it look nice).

    Sorry but I really don't feel that at $550k this is worth it. It is in terrible condition and would need tons of restoration work.

    I think that it should be donated to a museum or at least reduced in price...

  2. Ups... by nick-less · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I thought ./ wont post links to ebay?
    some weeks a go i submitted a link to an Cray-YMP sale on Ebay.

    poor little cray, not exotic enough to make it ;-)