Buran (Russian Space Shuttle) Transported Down Rhine

2008-04-14 20:14:17

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commandochristian: Honda - The Power of Dreams; +293|6888|Michigan, USA

Found this on techeblog.com, sorry if it was already posted (would search, but yeah....), and sorry if it's "cOLD."

Apparently one of the Buran's (click for wikipedia article) had to be transported down the Rhine to where it will eventually come to rest at the Technik Museum Speyer in Mannheim, Germany. Four pictures below, followed by video made by slightly random ADHD person (randomly films other things, usually on Buran on the Rhine).

https://media.techeblog.com/elephant//ul/11699-450x-spacetransported_1.jpg

https://media.techeblog.com/elephant//ul/11700-450x-spacetransported_2.jpg

https://media.techeblog.com/elephant//ul/11701-450x-spacetransported_3.jpg

https://media.techeblog.com/elephant//ul/11702-450x-spacetransported_4.jpg

2008-04-14 20:16:59

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Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6624|'straya

Well u try fitting that thing down a narrow street thats pretty cool video is pretty random lol

2008-04-14 20:31:45

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N00bkilla55404: Voices are calling...; +136|6407|Somewhere out in Space

moar liek failburan amirite?

2008-04-14 20:36:09

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commandochristian: Honda - The Power of Dreams; +293|6888|Michigan, USA

N00bkilla55404 wrote:
moar liek failburan amirite?

ig wrote:
wat

After reading that a few times to understand what you wrote, I guess yeah, it would be failburan is fail since the program was unsuccessful.

2008-04-14 20:40:04

#5

N00bkilla55404: Voices are calling...; +136|6407|Somewhere out in Space

Free IG?

2008-04-14 21:04:53

#6

commandochristian: Honda - The Power of Dreams; +293|6888|Michigan, USA

Sure why not. Back to the topic on hand, I just recently spent the last hour or two in wikipedia reading up on the shuttle program/orion program/ares I and V rockets/ISS/MIR.

2008-04-14 21:20:22

#7

N00bkilla55404: Voices are calling...; +136|6407|Somewhere out in Space

and...

2008-04-15 12:15:36

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commandochristian: Honda - The Power of Dreams; +293|6888|Michigan, USA

um.... I was surprised at how easily reading about space-related topics wasted my entire evening, preventing me from doing any homework. (in a nutshell)

Anyways, kinda sad our (U.S.) shuttle will be retired here in a few years And we're going back to capsules again *slaps head*

2008-04-15 12:52:05

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S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6922|Chicago, IL

that thing never flew.

but the space shuttle will soon be joining it in the realm of aviation history.

Can't wait to see what the final replacement will be.

2008-04-15 13:07:21

#10

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6929|The Twilight Zone

Looks very similar to Spac........

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2008-04-15 16:18:25

#11

M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6698|Escea

S.Lythberg wrote:
that thing never flew.

but the space shuttle will soon be joining it in the realm of aviation history.

Can't wait to see what the final replacement will be.

Flew once

2008-04-15 17:23:11

#12

S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6922|Chicago, IL

M.O.A.B wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:
that thing never flew.

but the space shuttle will soon be joining it in the realm of aviation history.

Can't wait to see what the final replacement will be.
Flew once

no, the one that flew was destroyed

2008-04-15 18:23:15

#13

motherdear: Member; +25|7127|Denmark/Minnesota (depends)

the cool thing about this thing is that it is able to drop from space into the atmosphere drop a nuke and then fly up again (it was believed the us shuttle had this ability by the russians so they incorporated this into their design) absolutely the best first strike capability i have ever heard of since it's virtually undetectable.

2008-04-16 05:04:06

#14

Mugen: Member; +19|6475

Why does the shuttle do drop into the atmosphere to launch a nuke? iirc icbms have a heat shield for reentry.

2008-04-16 07:12:41

#15

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7192

Mugen wrote:
Why does the shuttle do drop into the atmosphere to launch a nuke? iirc icbms have a heat shield for reentry.

Coz it's undetectable. AWSM plan if you ask me.

https://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/203.46.105.23:21300/b_350_20_692108_381007_FFFFFF_000000.png

2008-04-16 07:34:19

#16

Bratwurstschnecke: Member; +77|7152|respawn screen

They also have a french Concorde and the russian counterpart Antonov somewhat right besides the Autobahn in Sinsheim. Antonov was shipped in 2004 or 5 the same way.

2008-04-16 09:27:37

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M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6698|Escea

S.Lythberg wrote:
M.O.A.B wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:
that thing never flew.

but the space shuttle will soon be joining it in the realm of aviation history.

Can't wait to see what the final replacement will be.
Flew once
no, the one that flew was destroyed

So it still flew

2008-04-16 09:30:27

#18

S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6922|Chicago, IL

M.O.A.B wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:
M.O.A.B wrote:

Flew once
no, the one that flew was destroyed
So it still flew

unmanned, and not the one in the picture

2008-04-16 09:34:35

#19

M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6698|Escea

S.Lythberg wrote:
M.O.A.B wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:
no, the one that flew was destroyed
So it still flew
unmanned, and not the one in the picture

Never said it was the one in the picture though

2008-04-16 13:57:08

#20

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6976|so randum

I've been to the Technik Museum in Speyer - It's rather good.

Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

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