The Piece of a Shuttle
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.
A Visit to Baikonur
This guy has paid a small visit to the Baikonur, the place from where Russian space rockets are being launched. It is situated not in Russia now but in Kazakhstan the ex-Soviet Republic.
The Sputnik Cult
Yesterday we mentioned the 50th anniversary of “Sputneg” (or “Sputnik”) the first artificial Earth satellite. The same year it was launched it had a big impact on all the areas of Soviet life. For example many architects wanted to commemorate Sputneg in their architecture, so many of the houses built that year carry the simplified Sputnik logo on them. Here is some examples:
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