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Topic: Buran OK-GLI found, sold to German museum
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Philip
Member Posts: 3326
From: Brussels, BELGIUM
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted April 09, 2008 11:37 AM
   
This old piece of space junk got more publicity in the press than the Messenger flyby of Mercury or the Cassini flyby of Epimetheus and Titan.  IP: Logged |
michaelSN99
Member Posts: 142
From: heilbronn,germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted April 09, 2008 09:05 PM
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Originally posted by Philip:
This old piece of space junk got more publicity in the press than the Messenger flyby of Mercury or the Cassini flyby of Epimetheus and Titan.
...but maybe it helps to get more people interested in spaceflight events, what kind ever.  New shots from Voerde, Koeln and Koblenz. ------------------
michael may
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kucharek
Member Posts: 34
From: Karlsruhe, Germany
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted April 11, 2008 09:01 AM
Plenty of pics on Flickr and plenty of clips on YouTube.
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michaelSN99
Member Posts: 142
From: heilbronn,germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted April 11, 2008 06:24 PM
Today the bird arrived at its final destination Speyer. This marks the end of the transport at water. Tomorrow, the prototype shuttle will moved the last few kilometers by special trucks from the ponton ship in the harbour to the Technik Museum Speyer.
credit: raumfahrt50plus
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michael may
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eurospace
Member Posts: 1743
From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted April 16, 2008 09:17 AM
For those in Germany or being able to capture the German documentary channel "Phoenix" by satellite or cable: there is a documentary on Buran tonite:Das Sowjetraumschiff auf dem Rhein
Der Weg der "Buran" von Rotterdam nach Speyer
Mittwoch, 16.04.2008
Phoenix. 17.30 bis 18.00 Uhr
Über den Suezkanal und das Mittelmeer ging die Reise nach Rotterdam. Dort wurde die "Buran" auf ein Pontonschiff umgeladen. Tausende Menschen hatten den Transport der "Buran" von Rotterdam nach Speyer verfolgt. Auf dem Pontonschiff war die 36 Meter lange und knapp 24 Meter breite Raumfähre rheinaufwärts transportiert worden. Jürgen IP: Logged |
eurospace
Member Posts: 1743
From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted April 16, 2008 09:33 AM
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Originally posted by Philip:
This old piece of space junk got more publicity in the press than the Messenger flyby of Mercury or the Cassini flyby of Epimetheus and Titan.
Buran is easier to spell than Epi-what. Also, the event takes longer than this encounter. And last, but not least, the encounter WAS actually covered prominently in German media, even though Epi-what is not German and Speyer is. Of course, you can try to get another Buran to the museum in the Cinquantenaire, and we'll see what coverage it gets. Alas, this won't happen. ------------------
Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany International Director (Europe), Space Unit
Vice President, Weltraum Philatelie e. V. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies IP: Logged |
