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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. The caption says it is Buran. by chfriley · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I did take a year of Russian in college, and it is a bit (well, very, very rusty), but it seems to say that it is Buran and it has been "sacrificed" and it laments the fact that it was once a symbol of the Soviet power in space but is now junk. That is no where near an exact translation, but a rough translation of parts of the caption.

    "" is buran
    "" is essentially "Soviet" (some variation)

  2. The caption says it is Buran. by chfriley · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I did take a year of Russian in college, and it is a bit (well, very, very rusty), but it seems to say that it is Buran and it has been "sacrificed" and it laments the fact that it was once a symbol of the Soviet power in space but is now junk. That is no where near an exact translation, but a rough translation of parts of the caption.

    "" is buran
    "" is essentially "Soviet" (some variation)

    (Slashdot seems to be having issues at the moment with pages failing to load and not submitting so hopefully it does not submit multiple times)

  3. Re:The caption says it is Buran. by Chrisq · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Google translate says: And unprecedented case. Seemingly abandoned spaceship on the streets of Moscow - it is something from the realm of fantasy. But alas, this is the true reality. Correspondent "MK" discovered orbiting Soviet "Buran" play like garbage on the outskirts of the capital. Nobody cares what was once a symbol of cosmic power of our country.