Posted on 08/21/2023 11:02:44 AM PDT by Red Badger
Shot down by aliens.
“ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT THE SOUTH POLE OF THE MOON.
ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.
USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE.”
It crashed because of climate change.
A new crater to be named. I propose naming it the “ой crater”.
Putin’s Crater..................
It is very fortunate that a monkey wasn’t sent in the probe. The poor critter would have been fried crispy by the Van Allen Belts prior to crashing on the moon!
You kow we have a search function here?
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Yes, the designers will now be living in Siberia..................
In Russian, ой means ouch or whoops.
Best commentary on Russian vs. US technology prowess:
Hope this is still funny in a few years when comparing Chinese vs. US technology after the full effect of wokeism and dumbing down US education has been felt.
Shot down by the USA of course
Different source....................
Space is hard.
Van Allen charged particle belts will generate a cumulative dose. It requires time for the accumulation to occur.
Spacecraft beyond about 600 miles altitude and below 8,000 miles will accumulate radiation damage. There are other belts out to 35000 miles but have much less density.
Traversing these belts (which btw do not exist above about 67% latitude +/-) in a short time poses little cumulative dose risk, by definition. Spacecraft seeking high altitude orbits traverse the belts briefly in an ellipse until a circularizing burn completes. The Apollo missions similarly passed through them in a brief time.
As for the Russians, space is hard. If it was easy, the Philippines would have launch complexes on the south part of the islands. Ditto Ecuador. Ditto Singapore. Anywhere near the equator to get a propulsion boost by rotation.
Space is hard. The Russians have a superb program. This is a non event. FYI the day of the Apollo 11 landing, the Washington Post’s front page story was of a Soviet sample return mission that had entered lunar orbit. They have always had spectacular technical academies.
A space mission for science and exploration ends in failure. What kind of jerk takes pleasure in that? Do you have some special prejudice against Russia, or is this just a generalized miserable jingoism that sulks in envy when any foreign country does well at anything?
Yes. Specifically, for her leadership.
You're in the fake moon landing camp, I guess. There are articles that explain how they dealt with the radiation belts.
And, no, I won't. Do your own research, madam.
Me too! A loser country brought about by 600 years of cruel despotism. 300 years of Romanov tyranny perfected by the modern Soviet state and its successor. A perfectly capable people, slaughtered and their potential retarded by centuries of vicious leadership. A country with a well-well-earned inferiority complex has caused them to lash out and oppress other people whenever they get half the chance.
So, yeah, not a big Russia fan
The mission was to deliver some protected Canada geese to seek out and find the pools of water, then leave a crap trail for future astronauts to follow.
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