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dfernr10 t1_j4x9cyu wrote

Reply to comment by failurebeatssuccess in Does anyone have information about Russian space SHUTTLES? just saw a post with a picture of it, didn’t know they existed! by freeastronaut2100

Nope. It was far more safe and better.

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AvcalmQ t1_j4xacby wrote

Well yeah, given it never had a live human occupant to kill so naturally it'd be safer.

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dfernr10 t1_j4xb9sm wrote

Not talking about that, but about the design. It was way safer than US Shuttle.

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Enorats t1_j4xhk7z wrote

It is fairly widely accepted to have been the safer of the two shuttle designs. The issues that the US shuttles ran into were addressed in the design of the Buran. The Buran didn't have debris from its own launch vehicle raining down on top of it for example.

The only reason they discontinued the program was because of the expense, and because they didn't really have a use for it. It was the smart call, though the smarter call would have been to never make it in the first place. The Shuttle probably set US space exploration back by decades, marvel (albeit flawed) of engineering that it was.

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dfernr10 t1_j4z8n0l wrote

I suggest you to read this article. Use the Google translation if you may the results are pretty accurate.

Of course, Buran never have the privilege to be flown more times to test It, but the engineering decisions were safer.

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