before Buran there was Starship. Soviet Starship.

Insane Soviet idea from 1974 to build craft very similar to Space X Starhip. Design slightly predates initial Buran - Energia design phase. A bit of history and Kerbal Space Program simulation for what if history!

0:00 - World in 1974
2:49 - Design of proposed orbiter
7:14 - KSP simulation

[Yakez]

Hey hey notification squad! Sorry for my crackling voice on this one, recorded audio several days after drinking every single cocktail from the bar menu... Who could even guess the side effects then xD
Here is the link to craft on Kerbal X!

[promaster]

The Soviet Union was a great country with a lot of innovation and scientists. It was also the only country together with Mexico that helped my country, Spain during the civil war. It is a shame that it doesnt exist anymore. Great video!

[stark]

Bro, you speak Russian really good(I speak Russian myself)

[randycampbell]

Wonderful video and very cool design and history. A similar early US study was called "PLAME" or “Propulsive Lift Landing Aid for Entry Vehicles” (keywords for a search :) ) which used a dedicated landing "jet" engine to avoid the excessive number of parachutes this design would have required. (An acknowledged issue by the designers) Thanks for the work.

[guard]

That was beautiful.
Feels a bit like Star-raker in terms of alternate beautiful futures.

[_odaxelagnia]

Subbed for PoE
Stayed for the simulation of the soviet space rockets

[valecasini]

Energia - Buran are one of my favorite lifters... shame it never became a "regular" rocket launch and the project died :(
1:25 cursed Energia? Why it have the Shuttle placement engine?
1:45 aaah oke oke it was the first variant (of the Energia like)
2:40 then the second design where they moved the 3 engine under the rocket and left one under the space plane... but in the third instance they changed completely adding the 4th engine and leaving on the Buran only the two engine for orbital manouver
anyway... never heard of that spaceplane that you recreated in the video! well done 👏
12:05 lol the craft in the and was happy :D

[pricelessppp]

Could this concept be apply to the N1 rocket? Would be cool if you’d could make a space shuttle to fit on a N1 rocket Maybe call it the baikal reusable launcher.

[mariomaniac]

It'd be really interesting to see the simulation in RSS and FAR.

[karelian-creations]

this vid's old name was "wild stuff before buran." am i right or is this a reupload?

[TTOLLIEJl_HAXYU]

Автор, когда нибудь будут видео на русском?

[ripertalegaster]

Are you from Russian-speaking country?