NASA Moving Ahead With Orion

[arch101]

the Soyuz was simply cheaper in the economic turmoil that followed.

Buran was the most expensive program in Soviet Space Program history. Even more than N-1. It's no wonder it was cancelled and it's a surprise it wasn't cancelled sooner given the internal economic crisis the Soviets were facing.

 

[arch101]

There's only one possible "problem" with capsules: The Soyuz worked so well over the decades that Russia never really had much of an incentive to design a completely new vehicle. Regularly updating and modifying existing systems was quite sufficient. So there's maybe a "threat" of technological stagnation. Once you've got a working capsule system that carries people into orbit, you don't ever need something else.

See the recently introduced Soyuz TMA-M. A much improved and modernized variant.

 

[sojourner]

^Not my quote.