Buran Launch 1

Buran Launch attached to an Energia Rocket.

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[MarshallJukov]

Thanks to CIA agent Yeltsin

[mmysama]

It's a shame they didn't keep the energia in service longer. They would have used it to launch the ISS a lot more quickly, a cheaply.

[Tyrannobeast]

@cruxader27 The American Space Shuttle used Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellant in its rocket boosters. APCP is a solid propellant so it tends to create quite a bit of dust during the burn. Russia uses kerosene fuel almost entirely, which does create smoke, but it's more diffuse than for solid fuel.

Also, there are several American rockets which don't utilize solid propellant and have a very clean-looking burn. The Delta IV Heavy makes no smoke at all, in fact (it runs on hydrogen).

[cruxader27]

i wonder what type of fuel are they using..most of the Russian rockets including Soyuz have no smoke during launch compared to american space shuttle which have lots of smoke from ground to up

[Nebukadnezarthe2nd]

that the french and russians copied from each other instead of onesided espionage, still the tu 144 had somewhat better performance like higher speed and higher maneuverability (which isnt really important for an airliner lol)...PEOPLETHE COLD WAR IS OVER AND THE FACTS ARE HERE! STOP HATING EACH OTHER DUE TO STUPID IDEOLOLGIES WHICH ARENT IMPORTANT!

[Nebukadnezarthe2nd]

always the same "disussions" ...to make things clear: the energia rocket is more powerful than the american rocket that powers the space shuttle, second: the buran can carry more payload into space or back than the spaceshuttle (its still a copy but a more efficient one), third: after i saw your comments about the tu144...the tu 144 was faster than the concorde and it was also the one that flew first...yes its almost the same story about the tu144 as it is with the buran with the difference--->

[aspiringdrummer17]

@Scrat335 I perfectly understand that a plane of such requirements has to be designed a certain way but the Concorde encompassed design features that were very unique and revolutionary for their time and yet somehow the Tu-144 had the very same design features that were altered to the Russians' more basic manufacturing capabilities. Curious? No. Not if espionage is added to the equation

[Scrat335]

@aspiringdrummer17 You're full of crap preaching the same old line of propaganda a lot of people who think they know anything about this do. In the TU-144 just what were they supposed to build, a flying supersonic brick? I'm sure that would have made people like you quite happy. If you want to get certain things from an airplane, you have to build it a certain way. The laws of physics apply equally to all concerned. Not that you would understand that concept.

[aspiringdrummer17]

@dave46563 The Buran wasn't great and thats why they eventually abandoned the whole thing and although it wasn't an exact copy, the Russians would exactly get any merits for a unique design. Same thing goes for the Tu-144 which WAS just a rip-oof of the Concorde, anyone can see that. Sure, there were differences in performance and things but the people at Tupolev practically admitted that they stole the design or were 'inspired' from it lol

[dave46563]

@SixtySky987 they were similar but not exact.  The Buran did not have any engines unlike the US shuttles. The Russians also had their own supersonic airliner, the TU-144 or something like that. Everyone in Britain called it 'Concordski' coz it was almost identical to the British/French Concorde. But again, it wasn't an exact copy. And it didn't carry a single paying passenger.

[elkinandresgomez]

@MarshallJukov

Hehe Osama Bin Laden was also a CIA agent. Thanks to CIA agent Bin Laden.

[RomanRybkin]

Слава тем людям кто это всё делал.