BURAN MAY BE NASA SALVATION

While the Columbia accident report indicates there are a number of similarities between the losses of the Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003, there is a key shuttle technology resource available today that wasn't then--the Russian Space Agency (RSA) and SL-17/Buran shuttle system. The Buran is...

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