[FPSPACE] Article that Buran could possibly be revived--to aid the US

[Kosmos327 at aol.com]

Complete fantasy. Although I especially like this statement...
 
“The Energia-Buran programme was  started to get the capability to attack the 
United  States, just like the shuttle was able to attack the  USSR. We also 
wanted to take the  Skylab space station from orbit. Buran was supposed to put 
it in its cargo bay  and deliver it back to Earth for studies,” Tolboev said.  

 
 
So, was the Buran capable of time-traveling back to 1979 to pickup Skylab  
before it's reentry? Of course then there's the whole matter of Skylab being  
bigger than Buran's payload bay. I think perhaps this was supposed to be Mir,  
and not Skylab.
 
I also think the author has been caught up in the  "Revive Buran" fantasy 
camp.
 
Regards,
 
David L. Rickman

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