[URL_TOKEN] As I have said before, tge "Energiya" - "Buran" project was launched as a response to the American "Space Shuttle". It was thought that "Buran" would be used for military purposes. The customer was the Defence Department and its plan was to make a shuttle just like the Americans did and maybe better than the Americans did. That's why the USSR was in hurry while constructing that ship And that's why the country didn't count the money spent on it. [Vadim Lukashevich, an aviation expert and the creator of an internet portal about "Buran"] We saw that the american shuttles were created according to the requirements of their Military Department.
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN and its plan was to make a shuttle just like the Americans did and maybe better than the Americans did. That's why the USSR was in hurry while constructing that ship And that's why the country didn't count the money spent on it. [Vadim Lukashevich, an aviation expert and the creator of an internet portal about "Buran"] We saw that the american shuttles were created according to the requirements of their Military Department. END_SPONSOR_TOKEN