So they say but since it never even went into space it’s a bold claim.
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catloaf@lemm.ee 2 months agoAnd the Buran system was more impressive than the shuttle, capable of completely automated flight!
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s just like their foxbat claims…turned out it was a flying brick.
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I’m reading that it orbited at an altitude of up to 263 km, well above the Karman line. Is that not space?
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Well that’s debatable but really the point is it never did a re-entry so we really don’t know how reusable it would have been.
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 months ago
If it didn’t do a reentry, how did it get down from that altitude?
Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Oh? Which test flight demonstrated that?
just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t think it was ever confirmed. They only flew the thing once, which was confirmed. Anything else claiming superior tech I’d call USSR propaganda.
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I’m not sure whether the orbital flight counts as test or operational, but that one. The prior test flights only had automated landings.