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Soviet Space Shuttle Found In Bahrain?

Posted by michael on from the grain-of-salt dept.

An anonymous reader writes "German news source Spiegel are reporting (english babelfish translation) that some TV journalists have found a seemingly abandoned Russian space shuttle in the Persian Gulf. It looks like it could be the atmospheric test demonstrator Buran OK-GLI which was in Sydney, Australia. Pictures here (external) and here (internal). Boy, what I would give to be able to sit in that seat and flip those switches!" Another reader, grm_wnr writes "German tabloid newspaper Bild reports that a russian Buran shuttle has been found in the Bahrain desert. Here is the story (in german, Google translation here). What's funny is that noone knows how it ended up there. At least the fate of one of the four Buran prototypes is now confirmed." There is not much confirmation on this, outside of a few pictures... let the reader beware.

8 of 401 comments (clear)

  1. ph1st ph0st n1gg3r b1tch3z! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    0wn3d j00 ph4gg0tz!

  2. Re:Funny... by JaffaKREE · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It actually looks like the US space shuttle - if it were made out of legos.

  3. This is funny... by Couzin2000 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... cause when I think how many people are gonna read about this, and how many of those will just be flat out believers of whatever bull-crap story NASA or the US Gov or even the news are gonna serve them, it just boggles my mind.

    This is exactly what happened when americans elected Bush to be president... since that day, the lies have kept getting bigger, and bigger, and the level of the stench of the SH** we're all in keeps getting higher, and higher... When are people gonna understand that this is all a huge telephone game?

    --
    Sébastien Ferland couzin2000@gmail.com freedom | liberté | libertad | freiheit | libertà libertade |
  4. Re:Funny... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I heard you're full of crap. I also heard Einstein say the same thing while drinking tea with Karl Marx.

  5. Nie by essreenim · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ze spaze shootel izt shid. uze ze roked.

  6. In Maoist China... by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Confucius say "Ack..." *dies*. Because Confucianism is counter-revolutionary superstition!

  7. Re:Grain of Salt by kkovach · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is today September Fools Day in Germany?

    - Kevin

    --
    The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act.
  8. Iraqi space program by stinkydog · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I bet Saddam bought it so that he could rain WMDs from space. I'm glad we invaded and save the world.

    SD

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    âoeWho knew something as harmless as willful ignorance could end up having real consequences?â