Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon. India's Chandrayan-3 expected to land on Wednesday.
The unmanned craft span out control before its planned landing on the Moon's south pole.
They barely get funding for proper war equipments, I'm not surprised this happened. (To be clear, not doubting the Russian scientists skills in any way or form here, only their founding)
Edit: TIL, they're hemorrhaging scientists like crazy, which doesn't surprise me, just didn't check beforehand
They’re losing scientists by the bus load daily.
I wouldn't say "losing" they never really have them. Anyone bright and educated enough to be a scientist flees at the very first opportunity. It's not just the higher-level intellects, either; they have a dearth of even engineers capable basic tasks, It's the main reason that their tanks are built worse than the average Jaguar from the '80s.
I doubt them. Since the war I've met quite a few people in various fields that fled the country. Granted I've yet to meet a rocket scientist, but the brain drain seems very real.
Well, didn't they imprisoned some scientists because the anti drone missiles failed in the beginning of the year? I would certainly flee such a country.
Today Russia learned that you can't pilot a lunar lander using a TomTok GPS from 2007.
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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Of course it did. I'm disappointed that I'm not surprised. I'm glad it was unmanned.
Bad bot, they do have the article name word for word in the title
If US can't make it to south pole, these 3rd world countries will never be able to make it.
have you seen the absolute state of Boeing
Well, now it's spaceX for space mission, but I don't think they ever made a landing anywhere, and they fail usually a couple missions before a success...
