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ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon
lol
Rapid unscheduled disassembly as the result of a lithobraking maneuver
It’s part of slow and scheduled disassembly of Roskosmos as organization. 10 years ago it already seemed to be on that trajectory.
A couple years back, Putin promised to put a Russian on the moon. A good question is “with what rocket?”
Turns out, an even better question is “with what communications system?” A factor in this crash is that they lack a round-the-world comm system. They can only communicate when the moon is visible over Russia. It’s a big country, of course, but not big enough for 24/7 communication.
A good question is “with what rocket?”
Probably Yenisei which unfortunately had its development paused.
A factor in this crash is that they lack a round-the-world comm system.
They’ve had this with GLONASS for over a decade. For far-side communications, you need a single relay satellite like what China used for Chang’e-4. However, you don’t actually need either of those for many lunar missions. When the Americans sent humans to the moon, they just used radio waves that were picked up from various ground stations across the world.
GLONASS is a GPS navigation system, not a communication system. And the problem is not communicating with places on Earth, the problem is the lack of systems capable of communicating with the Moon.
Okay I guess they could build ground stations outside the country if more coverage was desired.
Sure, but they haven’t. The main reason being the lack of close allies with wide geographic distribution to locate those stations on and the lack of resources to spend on doing that kind of thing.
The “Kaputnik” has landed.
Paid for in rubble.
Guess all those Ukrainian toilets didn’t make good components for a lunar lander?
What?
They were looking for the Iron-Sky but got intercepted
I’ve played my share of Kerbel Space Program.
The lander made a planned flight to the moon, which included a high acceleration parking maneuver which resulted in unquestionable sucesss! To the Mun!
Russians losing at HOI4 only for them to also lose at Kerbal Space Program. They use quickload and quicksaves too much imo
Well, I mean… You just point at it and fire all the rockets. Even the Russians can do it!
Oh No! . . . . . . . . Anyway!
The Dacia Sandero!
I’ve got a new picture!
lmao imagine Dacia landing a manned Sandero on the moon before RuZZia
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon’s south pole, but failed after encountering problems as it moved into its pre-landing orbit.
The spacecraft was scheduled to land on Monday to explore a part of the Moon which scientists think could hold frozen water and precious elements.
Roscosmos, Russia’s state space corporation, said on Sunday morning that it had lost contact with the Luna-25 shortly after 14:57pm (11:57 GMT) on Saturday.
“The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon,” it said in a statement.
Russia has been racing to the Moon’s south pole against India, whose Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is scheduled to land on there next week.
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On brand for Putin
The russians are actually pretty good at space… although a lot of that was due to koralev inventing most of what they use… soyuz has been extremely successful. So I have no doubt they can get to the moon… hopefully next time at a speed that doesn’t pancake the ship…
The russian success stops at Soyuz. Ask N1 what the hell was doing until the soviets back then gave up on such a faulty project