An interview with the designer, Y. P. Semenov, of the Soviet spacecraft, Buran, is given. He is asked about the use of the spacecraft. An economic justification for reusable spacecraft is given. The question of docking with the Mir space station is raised. The designer is asked to contrast the cost of the Buran with that of the U.S. Space Shuttle. The use of the Soviet rocket, Energiya, by the international rocket community is also raised.
Buran Designer Semenov Interviewed
1989
4 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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