samcster94
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There was once a Space Shuttle-like project called the Buran. What can be done to make it successful(Even with the Russian Federation)???
There was once a Space Shuttle-like project called the Buran. What can be done to make it successful(Even with the Russian Federation)???
That's not quite true; the Russians did a fairly solid job of selling the launch services of the rockets that they already had, and pretty much ran the United States out of whatever bits of the commercial market were left after the Shuttle own goal (and outcompeted the Chinese, though in all fairness that was helped by the Chinese having several high-profile accidents and then ITAR). Granted, that was with American corporate help, but still, they were quite successful. Not to mention, obviously, that they basically kept the ISS running (with a ton of American money, granted, but getting the Americans to give them tons of money was an achievement of its own) after the Columbia disaster and since the Shuttle retirement, in terms of both crew and, to a lesser extent, cargo transport.I know this is a rant rather than an actual attempt at addressing your challenge, but please indulge me.
Buran looked So. Cool. but did it really have a mission that a Proton couldn't do? That's the main problem as I see it. The second half of the challenge is its own problem: the Russian federation couldn't get anything right and is still struggling.