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more about #beyondcosmodrome adamczar: I can't help but feel that in 2009, we should have gotten to "the future" already. Instead this looks like stuff from the 70s. Where's the flying ca... more » Grey_Area: The Soyuz rocket design has been around since '67. Still the most used and reliable way of getting Up There. more » limber: It's gorgeous, but does it land again? Or does all of that punkery break up and whizz around in orbit, forever threatening our satellites and space p... more » phoenix: Baikonur is really a fabulous place for space launches - it's still so old school but so high tech at the same time; it's kind of a gleaming steampunk... more » BeowulfRex: It's got that "I built this out in my barn out of a '58 Plymouth" look to it. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Welcome to Cosmodrome! One rocket in, One rocket out! Hopefully. more » Zack Stentz: There's a weird, functional beauty to these pictures that it's difficult to put one's finger on-- Sovietpunk? more » -
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Kazakhstan's Cosmodrome Prepares for the Conquest of Space
It's amazing how sleek and old-school the Soyuz rocket looks, preparing to blast off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Especially surrounded by Soviet-looking guards. More Cosmodrome porn is below. More »
