Energia - Buran Space Transportation System

More from our own Blackstar:

Now, the big mystery is, did the ferry botch things by doing a 360’ and not a 180?

Or did Gorbachev order it done?

There is a photo of him near the pad, with a sour look on his face…the disdain he had.

I haven’t been able to relocate that.

O/T

My favorite photo of all time was Chelomei tearing into Smirnov here:

Vladimir Chelomei

Vladimir Chelomei | Article by Anatoly Zak
www.russianspaceweb.com

Sixth picture from the top—on the right.

I have *got* to know the backstory on that.

There was another of him doing a face-palm…years before a certain electronics box was put into his rocket upside down.

He was the Wile E. Coyote of the Space Race…my spirit animal…
 
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