*Does a little more research* Ahhhh, okay. That explains it. The Russians expanded the cargo capacity and improved the lift-to-drag ratio by putting the main engines on the external fuel tank rather than on the orbiter itself. Sensible, really, when you think about it - except that you would have to make the engines with a fine balance of reliability against being dispensable. Weighed that way, I can see why NASA settled on making the mains part of the bird itself.
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