Baikonur photos of shuttle program

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If pictures of decaying Apollo sites make you weepy, here's some interesting counterparts from the Soviet Energia and Soviet shuttle facilities at Baikonur. "Soviet shuttle?", you may quizzically ask. I confess I barely remember anything about it either, but the Buran shuttle flew once (unmanned) in 1988. So the pictures also have a strange feel of alternate universe about them to my eyes.