John Carberry wrote: > > At 16:29 27/12/98 +0000, you wrote: > >http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9812/26/AM-Russia-Space.ap/index.html > > Didn't they do that already with the Buran, and then abandoned it after one > test flight. > > John Carberry > > Buran was launched once using the Energia booster. Buran is only slightly smaller than the US space shuttle. The story indicated it was much smaller than Buran and could be launched from the Space Station, but doesn't say how it was going to get up to the Space Station to be launched from there in the first place. ;-) Mike -- 41.087N 80.722W 330 meters Mike DiMuzio mdimuzio@cisnet.com