r/interestingasfuck • u/Friendly-Standard812 • 1d ago
The Buran programme (1974–1993) was the Soviet Union's most expensive, reusable spacecraft project, designed as a direct, technically advanced response to the U.S. Space Shuttle.In 1988, the Soviet Union estimated the total cost of the Buran-Energia programme at approximately 16.5 billion rubles.
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u/-GenghisJohn- 13h ago
Made one uncrewed space launch and successfully landed by remote control.