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Ruins of the Soviet space shuttle program.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 5:20 pm
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Posted on 6/12/15 at 5:52 pm to knight_ryder
That's badass 
Wonder why the Soviets didn't salvage the hulls? Maybe it can't be re-purposed.
They should list them on eBay...or eBay Motors (not sure which would apply here
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Wonder why the Soviets didn't salvage the hulls? Maybe it can't be re-purposed.
They should list them on eBay...or eBay Motors (not sure which would apply here
)Posted on 6/12/15 at 5:59 pm to knight_ryder
Why do the Soviets/Russians always just abandon shite? That's a huge facility that could easily be repurposed.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 6:07 pm to Tantal
and miss out on all the 2spooky documentaries?
that shite makes bank. russia needs it anywhere they can get it these days.
that shite makes bank. russia needs it anywhere they can get it these days.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 6:09 pm to knight_ryder
That's really interesting. 
Russians are such disgusting and awful people, and Ivan Drago can suck it.
Russians are such disgusting and awful people, and Ivan Drago can suck it.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 6:09 pm to Tantal
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Why do the Soviets/Russians always just abandon shite? That's a huge facility that could easily be repurposed.
Re-purposing and renovating is the realm of capitalists. The Russians have always been a bit capitalism-deficient.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 6:12 pm to knight_ryder
This is proof cold weather and Vodka are utterly depressing.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 6:12 pm to knight_ryder
They might as well put a torch to it all, no one is alive that knew that system or technology
Posted on 6/12/15 at 7:00 pm to knight_ryder
The bigger question not being asked in this thread is why their shuttle looks so much like ours? Could it be they had the better spy network?
Posted on 6/12/15 at 7:10 pm to Cheese Grits
That's the first thing I thought. Or, its actually design that came from Nazi Germany. We wouldn't have had much of a space program in the 60s without German intelligence.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 7:15 pm to knight_ryder
Wow. It's one thing to abandon the facility, but at least they could have the decency to put both of those shuttles in museums somewhere in Russia for little kids to look at. 
Posted on 6/12/15 at 7:35 pm to TheDude321
They're probably in Kazakstan. When the Soviet Union imploded, the former captive republics like Kazakstan nationalized everything Russian that was within their borders. Russia has had to buy back or take militarily, such as the Crimea, its former holdings.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 7:41 pm to TheDude321
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decency to put both of those shuttles in museums somewhere in Russia for little kids to look at.
And admit the Americans kicked their arses at space tech?
No way broski
Posted on 6/12/15 at 8:02 pm to Cheese Grits
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The bigger question not being asked in this thread is why their shuttle looks so much like ours? Could it be they had the better spy network?
It's no secret that the Russian space shuttle program was built on cornerstones of stolen US technology. It's my understanding, though, that they rushed into the program using old intel that was a decade behind the shuttles we launched.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 8:45 pm to Old Sarge
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And admit the Americans kicked their arses at space tech?
No way broski
Correct. No better way to show your weakness than by displaying shuttles that the soviets couldn't even get to the launch site.
This post was edited on 6/12/15 at 8:47 pm
Posted on 6/12/15 at 9:11 pm to Cheese Grits
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The bigger question not being asked in this thread is why their shuttle looks so much like ours? Could it be they had the better spy network?
No question. Go look up the Soviet version of the Concorde, the TU-144. An almost exact replica, and cool stories of how they got the plans from the French.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 9:33 pm to knight_ryder
Lots and lots of asbestos.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 9:40 pm to TheDude321
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Posted on 6/12/15 at 11:01 pm to knight_ryder
How about the ruins of the U.S. space shuttle program? We've scrapped our space shuttle program as well.
Where's our space shuttle trash?
Where's our space shuttle trash?
Posted on 6/12/15 at 11:55 pm to kywildcatfanone
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No question. Go look up the Soviet version of the Concorde, the TU-144. An almost exact replica, and cool stories of how they got the plans from the French.
The Tu144 actually flew 2 months before the Concorde ever did.
And then was plagued with mechanical difficulties.
This post was edited on 6/13/15 at 12:00 am
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