There is a piece of what was before a glorious Russian shuttle “Buran”, staying in front of one of the Moscow hospitals. It hasn’t been placed there as a monument or something. People who know its history tell that once when the Soviet Union collapsed they sold much of high-technology costly hardware for just some pennies to people who didn’t even know what to do with all this.
For example, this head module of Buran shuttle in some mysterious way appeared in ownership of the hospital. They couldn’t find a better use for it to make a pressure chamber. Then they found out that they have not enough funds to make such chamber, so, they decided, the best use of this piece of space relic is to sell it for scrap metal.
But then again they found out that even scrap metal services would cost them some money they didn’t want to spend.
So the capsule stayed abandoned just in front of the hospital. They still agreed for some expense though – they have bough a big padlock and locked the unit from curious strangers.
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Nice pictures, where is that hospital?
It’s the 83rd hospital in Moscow. I’ve been there, treated my allergy.
Their main site (www.kb83.com) is down as I write, so here’s a cached link:
http://hghltd.yandex.net/yandbtm?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkb83.com%2F&text=kb83.com&qtree=nyp3WdCb4aak1LDfdDRcnFvXvbJW60FRI0MmE4bjXXmdAb0Teb%2FW5awIYNPSqOn67MT1RxLjD3Z2YBmko3rGXTCZ0jq%2BXgDNWlcTnYSkIPqn9qsuxsLV8mqlmcnemMmU9P4Gko8irNpBLHXDoFt20%2BHj8o1RiUN2O5DVG%2Bb5ssz7BrZH2PYz0MR%2FsTGBpC5Q6UkrUOrkQP5XDe%2FeG9V4dk00BQ55BPueK1Mu8ulYBp0%3D
It suddenly started working again
http://kb83.com/
doesnt look like buran
It is buran. See my comment above.
Well, it’s actually looks like buran. Just attach composite cone to the nose (it’s a standard place for radar antenna, and since metal reflects radio-waves it’s usualy made of composite material and detachable).
Yo! That ain’t nothing!
I got 50 Cent’s Cadillac up in my house. I turned it into a clothes washing machine! Check it!
Hahahaha…oh god…
It better looks than Buran in Gorky park. Shame such a beautiful piece of Soviet/American technology is now rusting as a cheap 3D cinema…
Like Lada : which hospital ?
Что это за гравицапа?
wowww sooo cooll where do i can get one from my front garden? hahahaha
I’ll pay postage if they want to get rid of it. How much to Australia, I wonder…