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

[LARRY KLAES]

When I think of a Buran capturing Skylab for study, I keep thinking of a certain
James Bond film from 1967 with a similar theme:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMSW8JkV81E
http://www.genderforum.uni-koeln.de/space2/article_brandt.html
 
 



From: Kosmos327 at aol.comDate: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:31 -0500To: fpspace at friends-partners.orgSubject: Re: [FPSPACE] Article that Buran could possibly be revived--to aid the US

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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