XPost: sci.space.history, uk.tech.rocketry   
   From: mdicenso@seds.lpl.arizona.edu   
      
   On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Henry Spencer wrote:   
      
   > In article <101j048hjbucn83@corp.supernews.com>,   
   > Joseph S. Powell, III  wrote:   
   > >Well, in addition to the single, unmanned Buran flight (and the Polyus   
   > >death-star test), wasn't Energia used to launch the segments of the   
   > >now-defunct-killing-teenage-American-girls-with-it's-toilet-seats-upon-reent   
   > >ry Mir?   
   >   
   > Nope.  Mir's modules all went up on Proton.  There was, at one point, a   
   > plan for a much larger Mir 2 using Energia launches, but that didn't last   
   > long.   
      
      
   The original plans for Mir 2 used the full up Energia booster to loft 100   
   core segments with Buran acting in a support role as a resupply and crew   
   exchange vehicle. The later incarnations of Mir 2 planned on the   
   never flown, smaller derivitive Energia-M (only two strap-ons and the core   
   booster stage used a single RD-0120 main engine) to loft the station to a   
   65 degree inclination.   
   -Mike   
      
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