Re: Waiting for controversy...?

in article efagqt$cj1$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andre Lieven at
dg411@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 9/25/06 11:20 PM:

George Evans (georgee3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:

Oh, I love facts. That's why I love NASA. They televise everything including
their blunders, LIVE! With the old USSR you always end up with confusion such
as:

Part of the [Buran] launch was televised, but the actual lift-off was not
shown. This led to some speculation that the mission may have been
fabricated, and that the subsequent landing may not have been from orbit but
from a shuttle-carrying aircraft. In the United States, this procedure was
used with Space Shuttle Enterprise to test the flight characteristics of the
Space Shuttle on approach and landing, so that by the time mission STS-1 drew
to a close, the handling characteristics of Space Shuttle Columbia would be
known. Since then, the launch video has been released to the public( Video:
Soviet Shuttle Buran Launch. vunet.ru. Retrieved on 2006-09-13), confirming
that the shuttle did indeed lift off, with the poor weather conditions
described by the Russian media at the time easily seen.

Yuck!

None of which has Zip to do with why Buran was cancelled.

But it has a lot to do with the trustworthiness of Soviet stories about
Soviet space programs. I think my take on it is just as likely to be true.

You flail, but you do not know or learn.

Is this a quote from Marx or Mao?

George Evans

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