Cardman wrote:

Anyone interested can see a touchdown photo here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:%...%D0%BD_rus.jpg

Wikipedia is often a useful resource, but the way you use it is starting
to get a little annoying. Spouting facts as if you know what you're
talking about is only impressive when you don't trip up on something
silly like this:

You can see that the rear end is quite cooked. Looks to me like they
are missing the carbon wing edges. Not to mention that section of the
back of the US Shuttle to protect the engines.

Buran doesn't have engines at the back that need protecting.