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Re:China Moon Mission: Aiming for 2030 Lunar Landing by mitthrowaway2 on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @06:00PM (#46878640)
Although I agree the space program lost steam, I'd still count the Mir space station (1985) and Buran space shuttle (1988) to both be ambitious achievements.
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Re:China Moon Mission: Aiming for 2030 Lunar Landing by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @06:05PM (#46878692)
> I'd still count the Mir space station (1985) and Buran space shuttle (1988) to both be ambitious achievements

Mir yes. Buran was an ambitious project but not achievement.

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Re:China Moon Mission: Aiming for 2030 Lunar Landing by T-A on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @06:35PM (#46879001)
I would rate this as an achievement:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft)#Orbital_fli...

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Re:China Moon Mission: Aiming for 2030 Lunar Landing by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @07:02PM (#46879325)
Fair enough. If the Saturn V is an achievement so was Buran.
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