The old MAKS Russian Space Plane might be new again 2010. 0
We re spreading rumors about a old yet new Russian Space Plane on your Spacevidcast for April 28th, seems that unmanned space planes are all the rage these days. The Air Force recently launched their X37B and last Friday Russia hinted that they may revive one of their long dead space plane programs. The Russian Multipurpose Aerospace System or MAKS is an innovative space plane that had its development frozen in 1991. In response to the US Air Force s recent launch of the X37B, the Russian aerospace designer Vladimir Skorodelov has said that this could spur Russia to restart their own defunct Space Plane Russian Shuttle is much like the X37B, about the same size, same style, it is unmanned and can t get to orbit on its own. Back when it was designed in the 80 s the Russian shuttle would launch aboard an An225 airplane carrier, much like Virgin Galactic s WhiteKnight carrier. Unlike Virgin Galactic the MAKS vehicle will sit atop the airplane, not below interesting thing about MAKS
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