[Petronski]

What ever became of the Russian Shuttle? have they mothballed it? Would they be able to roll it out for use at the ISS or to augment the U.S. Shuttle till we can get another one built? That is a program that cannot be resurrected.

I strongly suspect the Soviets discovered something during the Buran test flights that turned them white with fear at what would happen if it actually flew with humans aboard.

[RadioAstronomer]

I strongly suspect the Soviets discovered something during the Buran test flights that turned them white with fear at what would happen if it actually flew with humans aboard.

I think that cost is what killed it. There may have also been technical issues, however, I did not keep up with them.

[FReepaholic]

>>... strongly suspect the Soviets discovered something during the Buran test flights that turned them white with fear at what would happen if it actually flew with humans aboard...<<

I read an extensive article recently on the Buran. It was costs and bureaucratic in-fighting that did it in.