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Its an actual space shuttle being flown by another country. But who and how ?
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They are different, and the scientists wanted to build a smaller craft, but the powers that be wanted to ensure that the USSR looked to be as powerful as the US and so ended up with this near identical design.
Their test craft, the OK-GLI was actually better than the US one, because it could take off under its own power rather than being carried up by an aircraft.
It's fascinating, and quite sad that so much money was spent on the venture, only for it to have ONE... one UNMANNED flight into orbit before being canceled.
That's an obscene use of money right there. (Although I'd much rather have countries spending money on failed space programs than war... but that's just me)
This does bring back memories though, I remember getting up early (in Australia) to see the first Space Shuttle launch (Columbia) in... erm ahh, there we are, 1981... It was a beautiful thing
And I do remember the stuff about the Soviet program, and how very, very similar, and yet slightly different and odd it looked.
So, thanks for this