Buran proved there was no technical obstacle to uncrewed runway landing, the US could have achieved it a few years earlier if it was a priority. The Buran landing system was more complex than you might expect, and proved to be pretty adaptable in its only orbital flight.
[−]burnerRhodov3 · 2026-11-15 Sun 18:03 UTC ·
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no, you missed what i said. Having humans only slightly improved the odds of mission success... Meaning they did have algorithms to autonomously land on a runway.. They chose not to.