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Soviet Shuttle Buran Found In a Junk Heap

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wipe-away-a-single-tear dept.

gruenz noted the somewhat sad photo slideshow showing what appears to be the Soviet Space Shuttle Buran, lying in a Moscow suburb junk heap. Of course I don't read Russian, so it might also be a carnival ride rusting.

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  1. Re:They should be thankful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, the laws of physics, reality, chemistry,biology and engineering "tethered" us to LEO. There's nothing out there, and it's hard to get there. Who cares? The South Pole is millions of times more hospitable to humans than LEO, but no one gets bent out of shape that we haven't colonized it. You Space Nutters are sad. Get over it. Oh, and it's "COULD *HAVE* HAD", not "of". This is elementary.