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These Are the Sad Remains of the Soviet Space Shuttle Program - 6 views

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LeopoldS on 07 Oct 15

sad series of images ...

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China team takes on tech challenge of supercavitation - 1 views

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Thijs Versloot on 27 Aug 14

"A Soviet supercavitation torpedo called Shkval was able to reach a speed of 370km/h or more - much faster than any other conventional torpedoes," he said. However, The SCMP highlighted two problems in supercavitation technology. First, the submerged vessel needed to be launched at high speeds, approaching 100km/h, to generate and maintain the air bubble. Secondly, it is difficult if not impossible to steer the vessel using conventional mechanisms, which are inside the bubble, without direct contact with water. As a result, its application has been limited to unmanned vessels, fired in a straight line.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A Soviet supercavitation torpedo called Shkval was able to reach a speed of 370km/h or more - much faster than any other conventional torpedoes," he said. However, The SCMP highlighted two problems in supercavitation technology. First, the submerged vessel needed to be launched at high speeds, approaching 100km/h, to generate and maintain the air bubble. Secondly, it is difficult if not impossible to steer the vessel using conventional mechanisms, which are inside the bubble, without direct contact with water. As a result, its application has been limited to unmanned vessels, fired in a straight line.</div>

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Paul N on 27 Aug 14

can't you just selectively inject the gas so that you control in which direction the bubble forms?

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Abandoned Remains of the Russian Space Shuttle Project Buran - 0 views

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Luís F. Simões on 19 Jan 11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_program

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USSR Wins Space Race As U.S. Shuts Down Shuttle Program | The Onion - America's Finest ... - 4 views

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The termination of NASA's space shuttle program marks the end of a nearly 54-year rivalry between the USSR and the United States to achieve superiority in space exploration.
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Sources confirmed that in commemoration of the capitalist defeat, extra bread and corn rations had been approved in all major cities, and factory workers were given time off their nine-hour work shifts to join in the festivities.
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LeopoldS on 29 Jul 11

we can't access it from within the firewall I fear ...

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European Commission - Culture - Archive - Echoes of 1957 - The Space race: Life on Mars - 0 views

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nice article on Russian Mars exploration pioneers ...

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Physicists Prove Surprising Rule of Threes - 6 views

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