Russia moon probe sucks

[Cmaier]

Russia’s Luna 25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon

A stunning loss for the Russian space program.

arstechnica.com

They lost contact with it. Who woulda thunk it.

 

[Citysnaps]

Russia is crumbling. On many fronts.

Heh...needing to buy drones from Iran.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Russia’s Luna 25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon

A stunning loss for the Russian space program.

arstechnica.com

They lost contact with it. Who woulda thunk it.

Sounds like they found out diesel generators dont work well on the moon.

 

[Altaic]

Sounds like they found out diesel generators dont work well on the moon.

Russia was at the bleeding edge of thermopiles in the Soviet era, but I guess they all died of radiation exposure

 

[fooferdoggie]

Russia was at the bleeding edge of thermopiles in the Soviet era, but I guess they all died of radiation exposure

I think piles as in steaming is appropriate.

 

[Edd]

Looks like it crashed but unclear how they confirmed it.

Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years smashes into the moon in failure — Reuters

Russia's first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme.

apple.news

 

[mac_in_tosh]

Not surprising for a nation led by a sociopathic megalomaniac. Hint: lesson for America.

 

[Citysnaps]

Russia should have purchased a lunar probe from Iran.

 

[ArgoDuck]

I feel some sympathy for a nation that was once a pioneer of space exploration, albeit briefly. Tsiolkovsky must be turning in his grave

I feel no sympathy of course for the current administration in Russia. This must come as a blow for Putin, who presumably was counting on a successful moon-shot as a future escape path should he be called on to account for his international crimes…

 

[exoticspice1]

India had a successful landing

 

[Citysnaps]

India had a successful landing

Sucks to be Russia!