Space thread, Russian style.
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The biggest of 'em all. But no one needed such a workhorse that could bring 100 tons into low orbit and 20 tons into geostationary orbit.
>>445597saturn V could bring 118tons to LEO and 47 tons to the moon
>>445665But payload to geostationary transfer orbit is only 3,810 kg.
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/angara100.htmlVery interesting. Modular design, up to 150 tons payload.
>>445597http://www.russianspaceweb.com/energia.htmlCorrection: 18 tons geostationary. Still alot.
>>445597When did Russia actually use their re-usable? I thought they built it and everybody was like "neat" and then they canned it because... it's Russia.
>>445705The Buran made one testflight without crew, landed automatically and was then mothballed. It is now in a German museum (Technik Museum Speyer) for public display.
>>445597Looks photoshopped.
china style!
>>445710It is. The only Buran launch ever took place at night.
>>445751Yes, and the name on the ship is Baikal.
>>445796Yeah, and the name on ours is Challenger, Discovery, Columbia, etc. That's not the name of the model, though.
>>445796well the Baikal was not even finished being built when the Buran program was canceled, and the "Buran" was the only one that ever flew. soo... I still contest that that pictures is a forgery
>>445848See>>445751
>>445891LOL I made both of those post.
are there any HR pics of Progress ramming Mir?
>>446142N1 soviet fail RocketLaunches - 2Explosions- 2And they wonder why Russian never went to the moon.
No.446450 Shuttle program-that's why you pay us for using our Protons to fly on International space station, losers!
BAIKONUR
>>446472Or because it is much cheaper to use a Proton than Launching a DeltaAnd the US is also trying to keep Russian aerospace engineers working in Russia instead of heading off to wherever they could cause problems.
446483 Or because NASA spent tons of money on expensive casket for astronauts. Otherwise they couldn't tell that they don't afraid to fly on Proton like they to afraid fly on Shuttles.
Soviet space astropig mortar test firing.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a99128XTQ8whttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J45tEOcaolA
>>446498Its the price you pay for progress which is something the Russian space agency hasn't done since the mid 70s.Proton isn't even a man rated rocket so basically no one is afraid to ride it because no one does.
Progress 4 progress is truly american-spending a lot of resources for a bullshit is so easy when you buy them for chopped green paper called dollars and for obligations that you are not going to perform.
>>446921So how is the Ruble doing nowadays?US dollars are legal tender which means it is Illegal not to accept them which makes them a lot more valuable then paper.
Rouble is provided by oil, gas and other natural resources. Dollar is provided by threat of U.S. agression against countries which would like use their dollar reserves at a single time. If all mass of dollars sold to different countries will be returned to U.S. which used their printing press as a means of all the problems, U.S. will be bankrupt because they will not be able to provide real benefits.Recognition of the dollar as the currency adopted worldwide, made the USA legitimated counterfeiter