The patent on the Space Shuttle has expired

Re:The patent on the Space Shuttle has expired by bencollier49 on Saturday December 05, 2015 @06:03PM (#10683610)

Bah, it was invalid anyway. The USSR had prior art from the Buran.

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Re:The patent on the Space Shuttle has expired by danielvf on Saturday December 05, 2015 @06:13PM (#10683644)

You might have the order backwards. :) The Buran was a direct reaction to the Shuttle program, and it did not fly until 13 years after this patent was granted.

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Re:The patent on the Space Shuttle has expired by bencollier49 on Sunday December 06, 2015 @10:02AM (#10685386)

And I get downvoted for a bad joke about Soviet technological espionage! You guys either have a much better sense of humour than me, or a much worse one. :-)

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