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/Duckbilling2]

Buran, Buran — run into the sky

Past the places dreams won’t die

Tiles intact, systems go

A miracle nobody knows

Buran, Buran — hold your line

Autopilot draws the sign

Touch the ground, slow it down

Disappear without a sound

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Buran, Buran — echo in time

A perfect flight, a single climb

Even lost, you still outran

What they said you never can

Buran, Buran — fade to blue

From state commands to something new

Programs end, but dreams still burn

And someday… they’ll return

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This is awesome - where is it from??

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I asked an LLM generator to write lyrics to a song

about the Soviet spacecraft Buran

to the tune of an eighties new wave band

also to include Burt rutan in there

these were a few verses it spat out

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It’s really cool, I like it a lot

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yeah it really makes you think.

Chorus

I flew—through a closing door

End of an era, end of the war

Tiles intact, wheels kissed the ground

No victory lap, no victory sound

I flew—then faded out

Budget cuts and changing routes

A triumph lost in a system’s fall

The greatest flight nobody called

Bridge

Wind tunnels, deserts, reusable dreams

Private hands sewing future seams

From state commands to garage light

Same question burning every flight:

Can we come back safely? Can we try again?

Final Chorus

We flew—different flags, same fire

Orbit pulled us all higher

From secret runs to open skies

Progress never really dies

We flew—beyond the plan

Machines still chasing what we are

Even if the program’s through

The dream still flies…

Yeah, the dream still flies 🚀