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Old February 21st, 2018 #70
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Originally Posted by Ray Allan View Post
It is too bad the Soviet space shuttle 'Buran' made only one flight before it was cancelled, it might have been able to lift off in a snowstorm. (Alex Him will understand this joke).
Yes, I do.
"Буран" in Russian is a kind of snowstorm in the steppe.
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