Is the Soviet program “Energy-Buran” still not closed?
The project "Energy-Buran", in the course of which the unmanned flight of the orbital ship "Buran" was carried out, was not officially closed, reports RIA News a message from the director general of the spacecraft developer NPO Molniya (part of the Kalashnikov concern) Olga Sokolova.
It's true, Sokolova said. Of course, this is more a formality, but at that time “nobody had a hand to sign the project’s closure,” she explained.
According to the CEO, a document is stored in the company stating that the project is suspended. Under it are the signatures of the chief designers and members of the Central Committee of the CPSU. But a document stating that the program is closed is not.
No one dared to assume such responsibility, she added.
According to Sokolova, the project "Energy-Buran" was "in the wrong place at the wrong time." The so-called “perestroika” began, and the country's leadership had other tasks. One of them is to feed the people.
Although, if at that time there was a “man-locomotive”, like the main inspirer of the “Buran” Gleb Lozino-Lozinsky, who would be able to pull out this project or transform it into the national economy, then probably he would not have to look for money for to feed the people, said Sokolova.
Recall that 15 November will be 30 years of flight of the Buran, the world's first committed two orbits around the Earth in automatic mode, without crew on board. More than 1200 enterprises, about 100 ministries and departments, the largest scientific and production centers of the USSR were involved in the creation of this complex.
After 205 minutes of flight, the Buran landed at the Yubileiny airfield (Baikonur). This flight, performed in automatic mode using on-board software, entered the Guinness Book of Records.
It's true, Sokolova said. Of course, this is more a formality, but at that time “nobody had a hand to sign the project’s closure,” she explained.
According to the CEO, a document is stored in the company stating that the project is suspended. Under it are the signatures of the chief designers and members of the Central Committee of the CPSU. But a document stating that the program is closed is not.
No one dared to assume such responsibility, she added.
According to Sokolova, the project "Energy-Buran" was "in the wrong place at the wrong time." The so-called “perestroika” began, and the country's leadership had other tasks. One of them is to feed the people.
Although, if at that time there was a “man-locomotive”, like the main inspirer of the “Buran” Gleb Lozino-Lozinsky, who would be able to pull out this project or transform it into the national economy, then probably he would not have to look for money for to feed the people, said Sokolova.
Recall that 15 November will be 30 years of flight of the Buran, the world's first committed two orbits around the Earth in automatic mode, without crew on board. More than 1200 enterprises, about 100 ministries and departments, the largest scientific and production centers of the USSR were involved in the creation of this complex.
After 205 minutes of flight, the Buran landed at the Yubileiny airfield (Baikonur). This flight, performed in automatic mode using on-board software, entered the Guinness Book of Records.
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