mrb1@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (maurice.r.baker) (02/13/90)
Hello sci.space.shuttle ---- The following is excerpted (without permission, but hopefully they won't mind too much) from Via Satellite magazine, 2/90 issue, page 15: Soviet Shuttle--No Flights until 1991 The reusable Soviet space shuttle Buran, lying idle since its maiden flight a year ago, is to undertake its next mission in 1991, the Soviet Union's chief rocket designer, said yesterday. Yuri Semyonov told Soviet television that Buran would make an unmanned flight in the first half of 1991, with a manned mission to follow a year later. Long-range plans call for Buran to dock with the orbiting station Mir with the possibility of astronauts moving between the two to simulate a rescue operation. ................................................ Any discussion, observations, or comments ? Does anyone know the capacity (i.e., max. # of "passengers") carryable on Buran ? M. Baker AT&T-BL, Holmdel, NJ (Via Satellite is published monthly by Phillips Publishing, Inc. at 7811 Montrose Road, Rockville, Maryland 20850, (301) 340-2100. Circulation is free to qualified recipients.)