Originally published at: Russia crashes lunar lander | Boing Boing
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Bet it wasn’t due to a confusion of metric/imperial measurement units.
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It fell out of a window.
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According to a preliminary analysis, the craft entered an uncontrolled orbit and ceased to exist
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They used it to smash all those nazis that are definitely there on the moon, just like they always definitely said they would. Everything is going according to plan. Definitely.
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Crash? Which crash? It was a special moon landing operation
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I’ve seen some space geeks make the point that, in a way, this was really Russia’s first attemped moon mission, considering that in all the prior missions it was the Soviet Union, with Ukrainian scientists playing a central role.
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“Where was Dr. Ivanovich? He was supposed to be conducting the landing.”
Meanwhile, in a trench somewhere in Ukraine…
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(And here I was going to go with, “I said LUNCH, not LAUNCH!”)
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Russia appears to have a problem with boundaries.
Apparently the crash featured well down the schedule on television news in Russia - below an item on new aircraft crew rest areas.
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I wonder if this is more evidence of the rot and corruption in Russia’s various government agencies.
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Well part of me is enjoying the further tarnishing of Russia’s reputation and credibility, I am saddened we won’t have any new data about the moon had it been successful.
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In a way, it is. Part of the problem is that Roskosmos tried to go it alone, meaning they had no communication with the craft when Russia was not facing the moon. They reportedly turned down offers of help from NASA and ESA and so on.
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I hope you’ve seen “Iron Sky” (2012).
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We do have more evidence to support Heinlein’s theory about the Moon being a harsh mistress.
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What is Russian for “a rapid unscheduled disassembly”?
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I have not, but it’s been on my documentary watch-list for a while now.
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