[FPSPACE] Russian Aerospace Hardware for Sale

[M.Wade@iaea.org]

Has anyone seen this page:

http://www.spacehardware.com/index.html

Here you can buy (!) AeroBuran, a (complete) Mir space station, a BOR-5,
your own Tu-144, etc.

I understand the AeroBuran is rented; I guess you can still buy it after
it's returned from Sydney next year.

The Mir is the one that was on display at Khrunichev (seen at FPSPACE 97 but
no photography allowed).

The Tu-144 - well one was just purchased by a German aerospace museum. They
had a nice report on TV on how they moved it from Moscow to its inland
location in Germany (by barge and highway). Article One is one of those for
sale - this was flown unpainted to beat the program deadline on December 31
196x. It looks like it never was painted thereafter, either (though they say
they'll paint it before delivery).

The BOR-5 is certainly a unique piece. The photos look like those of a much
smaller model, but the text says its a real flown article (which were 1450
kg and 1/8 scale).

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Mark Wade