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Russia's failed Mars probe will come crashing down to Earth next month, space agency says
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| December 16, 2011
| Vladimir Isachenkov
Posted on 12/16/2011 5:22:01 PM PST by george76
A Russian spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars and stuck in Earth's orbit will come crashing back next month, but its toxic fuel and radioactive material on board will pose no danger of contamination, the Russian space agency said Friday.
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The failed mission was the latest in a series of recent Russian launch failures that have raised concerns about the condition of the country's space industries. Officials have blamed the failures on obsolete equipment and an aging workforce.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: inbreeding; iran; mars; potatowhiskey; retards
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posted on
12/16/2011 5:22:08 PM PST
by
george76
To: george76
Officials have blamed the failures on obsolete equipment and an aging workforce.Not to mention vodka.
To: george76
Maybe the Chinese will let us hitch a ride to the space station now?
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posted on
12/16/2011 5:28:28 PM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
12/16/2011 5:29:14 PM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: george76
why would we possibly think that toxic fuel and radioactive material might pose a risk?
jeesh, think we’re dumb or something??
/sarcasm
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posted on
12/16/2011 5:29:28 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: george76
Maybe it’ll fall on the drone Obama gave Iran for Christmas.
To: hellbender
Not to mention vodka.
They did so mention toxic fuel...
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posted on
12/16/2011 5:30:52 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: hellbender
Vodka as a fuel might explain why it failed to escape Earth orbit.
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posted on
12/16/2011 5:31:50 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: neodad
Gee, you haven't noticed the rockets *private industry* is building for that purpose, have you?
*Private industry* has four separate designs competing for the launch business - SpaceX Dragon, Lockheed's modified Orion, Boeing's CTS-100, and DreamChaser.
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posted on
12/16/2011 5:38:34 PM PST
by
GAB-1955
(I write books, serve my country, love my wife and daughter, and believe in the Resurrection.)
To: george76
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posted on
12/16/2011 5:45:10 PM PST
by
familyop
("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
To: tet68
I would be funny if it survived reentry, landed
and began taking samples...
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posted on
12/16/2011 5:48:44 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: george76
In the Russian government’s kookville internet press, they blamed the problems they are having with their Mars probe on America’s HAARP technology. :)
To: george76
More falling space junk. One of these days it will hit someone on the head.
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posted on
12/16/2011 5:49:38 PM PST
by
bgill
(The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
To: Red_Devil 232; tet68
Re: Vodka
In the non-fiction movie, October Sky, the model rocketeers
ended up using 'shine as a binder to allow them to pack their
home-made solid fuel evenly into what was otherwise, a pipe bomb.
To: tet68
“The MiG-25 needed 14 tons of fuel and half a ton of alcohol for the 70 minutes it could stay aloft. Much of that alcohol was consumed by the ground crew, which inspired the plane’s nickname of ‘the flying restaurant.’”
To: george76
It was launched on November 9th 2011.
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posted on
12/16/2011 6:17:40 PM PST
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: george76
These guys now have the only limo going to the ISS?
To: george76
Aging work force? The duct tape was in the wrong place?
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posted on
12/16/2011 6:47:01 PM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
Mars curse again, it’s really too bad it failed.
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posted on
12/16/2011 7:12:41 PM PST
by
Mmogamer
(I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
To: hellbender
Yeah, right? “Hey Yuri, don’t smush rocket ship. ‘’ What are kidding me?’’.
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posted on
12/16/2011 7:37:58 PM PST
by
jmacusa
(Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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