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Tykeanaut
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posted 02-20-2014 05:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tykeanaut   Click Here to Email Tykeanaut     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Might the Buran space shuttle have had the same inherent problems as the US shuttle? Such as problems with foam, launching temperatures and loss of heat tiles?

cspg
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posted 02-20-2014 08:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for cspg   Click Here to Email cspg     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Maybe all you need to know is there: Energiya-Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle

Robert Pearlman
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posted 02-20-2014 08:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The Buran did not have a foam-covered external tank or segmented solid rocket boosters — it launched on the Energia booster — so in that regard it didn't have the same launch concerns as the U.S. space shuttle.

Buran did have heat shield tiles that were susceptible to damage, so that was a shared concern. But the pattern in which the tiles were installed was different, so the mechanisms for loss were different, too.

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