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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.

It was Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years.

Russia has been racing to the Moon's south pole against India, whose Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is scheduled to land on there next week.

No country has ever landed on the south pole before, although both the US and China have landed softly on the Moon's surface.

No report on whether or not Russia was attempting to use repurposed anti-ship missiles like the ones they use to attack schools and hospitals here on Earth.

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[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 68 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't know they have schools on the moon. Or was it a power station?

[–] SpicyPeaSoup@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago

Maternity ward.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago

Aww man…

I like it when space stuff works and when it explodes it makes me sad :(

(Unless there’s a billionaire on board)

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

No report on whether or not Russia was attempting to use repurposed anti-ship missiles like the ones they use to attack schools and hospitals here on Earth.

Yeah, Russia should be like heckin' wholesome NASA and their peaceful apolitical former SS officers who never bombed any hospitals or schools instead.

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[–] clb92@feddit.dk 43 points 1 year ago

Special lunar operation.

[–] NuclearDolphin@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Comments exactly what I expected. Disappointed how many people here are knee jerk celebrating the failure. Feels like being in a room full of Republicans when someone says anything about Mexico or Islam.

I hope they fix their shit for Luna 26 for the sake of science and human discovery.

[–] ElHexo@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago

It's disappointing particularly because it would have been the first landing on the south pole.

It's also a bit silly because NASA hasn't exactly being doing so well since their last moon landing more than half a century ago.

[–] Zippy@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You know normally I would applaud them. Happy when China has a success. Screw Russia though. This was a propaganda mission to get a win. The fact that did it in a rush to beat another country is typical of their philosophy. There was little science in this but mostly just dick waving.

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[–] Gerula@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Well your intention is admirable but childish.

Nobody gives a fuck about Russia's scientific endeavours when they're re starting the biggest military conflict in Europe since WWII and threatening everyone with a nuclear conflict.

Most probably any scientific progress that could be made will not be used for mankind's progress but for the current militaristic propaganda.

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[–] taylus@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 year ago (43 children)

“This is all the West’s fault!”

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[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What's the problem. It was a lunar lander. It landed on the moon. Mission accomplished.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Nobody walked away from that landing, so it definitely wasn't a good one. The fact that there was nobody to walk away from the landing is a mere technicality.

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[–] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Obviously it was not a moon rocket, but a Drone aimed for Kiev.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The moon needed to be de-nazified.

[–] Haus@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The moon was standing there, MENACINGLY!

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[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, hopefully India has more success.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Whatever scientific data humanity would gain from such a success is in no way worth the decade of triumphant screeching from Hindu nationalists that would result.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

There’s gonna be nationalistic screeching no matter what, like I’m sure it felt in the 30 years after the US moon landing

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[–] TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

As someone fond of science, its kinda heart breaking as many people spends decades of work to make this stuff and their dreams get crushed when these fail. Hope they fix and launch another one.

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[–] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The fall of the Soviet Union and its consequences for the human race

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[–] MrNesser@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The US should put a lander together out of trash for shits and giggles and have it land perfectly.

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[–] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Of course the BBC has to throw in that bit of kkkracker cope at the end. Nevermind how challenging a south pole landing would be relative to elsewhere on the moon.

:bathroom:

[–] TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always suspected that it was just a missile painted like a rocket.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It launched on a soyuz, which has an extremely long history. It first launched in 67. All rockets back then had icbm roots or aspirations. But for a long time all icbms use solid propellent for better long term storage rather than liquid propellant like soyuz.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It seems that a dish washer's controller isn't suitable for moon landing after all.

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[–] jawsua@lemmy.one 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good news:

moon's no longer haunted

[–] ElHexo@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

The Soviets were the last to land on the moon (other than China).

NASA has been too busy pissing money into the Shuttle and SLS industry subsidy programs. I think they have a couple micro lander projects on the go though, slated for next year or the year after.

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