Russian Buran Shuttle
What will the next generation chinese spacecraft look like?
The Americans have the orion as the next generation spacecraft and the Russians maybe the Kliper spacecraft! The Russians have, from the beginning till now a capsule-type spacecraft, Soyuz spacecraft (and in the past buran as a space shuttle or plane!). The Americans first have a capsule-type spacecraft, Apollo, then a space shuttle and now they going back to a capsule-type spacecraft! So will those Chinese use a capsule-type or shuttle-type for the next generation Chinese spacecraft? Or will they come with a totally different design??
I was talking with a Chinese fella on the Internet the other night and he told me that he thought the next Chinese space craft would be a double rocket shaped vehicle with a large dragon head on the hood ornament and red tail feathers.
Buran The Russian Space Shuttle
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