What are your favorite spacecraft, real or fictional.

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It was my understanding that the Buran never flew with a Cosmonaut, only an unmanned test because (1) they never trusted it and then abandoned due (2) to lack of funds, mainly due to Ronald Reagan trapping them into spending tons of money on their military and to counter the fictional "Star Wars" program, which led to internal issues like a stagnating economy leading to civil unrest coupled with Gorbachev loosening the grip with restructuring and openness leading to them losing control about a year later when Boris Yeltsin terminated it after the fall of the Soviet Union.  So if I were to assign blame, it was Ronald Reagan that did the program in.

[TrekMD]

I knew they never flew but I did not know all that stuff.

[Wumperdinkle Sniy]

My favorite spacecraft is the Satellite of Love from Mystery Science Theater 3000.

[sramirez2008]

On 9/16/2023 at 12:28 AM, socrates63 said:

No other fictional space ship tugs at my heart like the Yamato from the original series.

If you like the Yamato, check this out. 

 

[TrekMD]

That video is awesome!  That's a lot of great models!

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[sramirez2008]

1 hour ago, TrekMD said:

That video is awesome!  That's a lot of great models!

Adam Savage has several of these on his YouTube channel.

[TrekMD]

1 hour ago, sramirez2008 said:

Adam Savage has several of these on his YouTube channel.

Cool!  It's impressive what people can do with these models.  That Yamato looks fantastic! 

[socrates63]

wow wow wow very nice!

Edited July 18, 2024 by socrates63

[tbs123456]

On 9/15/2023 at 7:21 PM, Justin said:

While I live the enterprise D, the E just looks so much more slick and like it was built for speed. What I would really like to see more of than it's short glimpse in star trek: Enterprise is the J. Thing was just MASSIVE

[TrekMD]

@tbs123456, you may like this video...

As for the Enterprise-E, I'm not a big fan fan of the design.  Overall shape is fine but I don't like the underside of the saucer or the front-heavy engines.  For me, this design (Legacy-class) is far sleeker and better looking...

Edited July 22, 2024 by TrekMD

[Spiritcrusher]

Voyager (NASA) 1 & 2.

[DegasElite]

My favorite spacecraft growing up was Skylab, The United States' first space station. It was launched in 1973, just before my older brother was born. It was an inspiration to me about how people could live in space for long periods of time in Earth orbit. I like the Enterprise-E (Sovereign class) from Star Trek, but I am quite fond of the Constitution class-refit Enterprise from the first Star Trek movie. They are magnificent starship designs, with an honorable mention to the Excelsior class starship. That one was pretty sleek in design. Thanks for letting me chime in.

[sramirez2008]

22 minutes ago, DegasElite said:

My favorite spacecraft growing up was Skylab,

Skylab was awe inspiring. 

[DegasElite]

Especially when I was ten years old.

[DegasElite]

Space travel was a fascination for me when I was a little boy. I wanted to be an astronaut when I was young, inspired by "Star Trek." I became fascinated with animation instead, and that's one thing I have experimented with using computer applications, well, 2D animation anyway with some stop-motion stuff.

Edited October 25, 2024 by DegasElite

[sramirez2008]

2 hours ago, DegasElite said:

Especially when I was ten years old.

I was 12 when Skylab reentered our atmosphere. My room was full of model rockets in those days.

Edited October 26, 2024 by sramirez2008
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[DegasElite]

I was four years old when Skylab de-orbited. I would have been five later that year. I didn't find out more about it until I was around ten. I was in the third grade around then. I really wanted to understand more about that historic space station. It was fun.

[TrekMD]

I remember Skylab and watching on TV as it entered into the atmosphere.  Lots of people on TV talking about it!  That was in 1979!