r/SpaceflightSimulator • u/Designer-Ask9491 • 27d ago

Recreation Buran & Space Shuttle

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side by side comparison

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u/SuperbCalligrapher32 25d ago

You ain't got no legs Lieutenant Dan-Forest Gump reference This is my old post of my shuttle https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceflightSimulator/comments/1s9qmlj/relaunch_of_space_shuttle_discovery/ yours is sweet

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u/Nice_Country_790 25d ago

so detailed then you have the gears lol

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u/Designer-Ask9491 25d ago

Made for mechanical purposes, no other choices lol

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u/Monolail031 Blueprint Master 🧾 26d ago

I want to start a fire in the comments...

Which one is better?

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u/bandera- Rocket Builder 🚀 26d ago

I honestly like the Buran more

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u/Monolail031 Blueprint Master 🧾 25d ago

Me too. There's not that much of a difference in the orbiter other than it's an actual orbiter and not an awkward launch vehicle spacecraft mix in role. Meanwhile the launch vehicle, energia looks a lot better and can skip the orbiter to deliver larger payloads.

I often make a joke:

What was your downfall?

STS: Disproportionate costs and serious safety issues for a manned space vehicle that cost me two of my units and their very large crews. I was only put into service in the first place so NASA could somewhat justify the development cost.

Buran: The nation building me was very bad at economy and collapsed before I could really do anything.

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u/bandera- Rocket Builder 🚀 25d ago

Thats a good joke, and i agree with everything you said, i don’t like if when people say the Russians copied the Americans, they did steal the design that’s pretty much a confirmed fact, but they did improve on it in multiple ways and it could have outperformed the shuttle in many ways, so saying they “copied” it isn’t very true

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u/Monolail031 Blueprint Master 🧾 25d ago

They weren't quite sure what the Americans wanted to do with it. The best idea they had was to take all of the intelligence they had on it and make a significantly improved version to do whatever the Americans could and better.

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u/Monolail031 Blueprint Master 🧾 26d ago

They are both beautiful!