Today we're looking at how the regenerative cooling channels on Space Shuttle's main combustion chamber were manufactured.
"With timber, a material we can produce by ourselves, we will be able to build houses, live and work in space forever," Takao ...
Additional crewmembers could ride in the cargo area. Similarly to NASA's space shuttle, Buran would have different kinds of thermal materials on its surface to shield it from the stresses of re-entry.