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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by avmich on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @07:58PM (#30080314)
Five Shuttles flew to space - Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour. And Buran - the one which flew (other Soviet spaceplanes would have different names, so Buran is like Columbia, not like Space Shuttle) - didn't have e.g. the life support system; it was rather a development flight, than a demonstration of a complete system. Still Buran (as a combined name, like Energiya-Buran program) had some better capabilities e.g. no toxic propellants onboard (Shuttle has to be chemically "pacified" after each landing) and longer orbital life (with cryogenics onboard).
Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by wolverine876 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @09:59PM (#30081123)
> Buran (as a combined name, like Energiya-Buran program) had some better capabilities e.g. no toxic propellants onboard (Shuttle has to be chemically "pacified" after each landing) and longer orbital life (with cryogenics onboard).

My point is that they aren't capabilities, just specifications and promises for a cutting edge, developmental technology.