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Originally Posted by Gorshkov
- First think about lamentable end of such thing like...Buran. 
- Second you should know after USSR's collapse US also robbed Russkies from some interesting pieces of Soviet technology for testing or their own use. Nothing strange here because in few selected areas Soviets possessed good stuff.
- Third think about MIR space station's fate and who was sending in outer space so called "space tourists" and why.  |
The Buran was killed due to funding not to any technical or deisgn flaw, in fact it was in many ways a more refined design than the STS.
We didn't steal the Russian engines for the Atlas V, it was good so Rocketdyne partnered with the Russians to build them.
What about Mir? The lessons learn from it will prove useful in any future Mars missions- that was part of its purpose. So they sent some paying customers up for a ride? They beat Branson too it!
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Yes, An-124 is as good as C-5 but unfortunately it appeared 25 years later. Well, another example of Russian lead in high-tech...
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Something to be said about letting the other guy make all the screw ups for you.
