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Russia’s not had a lot of luck as of late with their space program. Explosions, wayward rockets and now a dead satellite chock-a-block full of fuel sits in orbit, waiting to come back to Earth with a bang. But according to Russia’s space chief it might not be its fault — he suspects sabotage.
“I wouldn’t like to accuse anyone, but today there exists powerful means to influence spacecraft, and their use can’t be excluded,” said Vladimir Popovkin, Russia’s Chief of Roscosmos.
Popovkin basically intimated that the US nuked the Russian’s Phobos-Ground probe as it flew over its airspace. Due to the position of satellite communication installations Russia has access to, it has a blind spot in which Popovkin reckons something could have happened to the failed craft.
It’s not the first time Russia’s blamed someone else for its space failures either. A retired Russian General, Nikolai Rodionov, accused the US of blasting the probe with powerful radar as it passed over Alaska, knocking out its control systems. We know the US and others are working on lasers and other weapons for taking out missiles and spacecraft — Phobos-Ground could have made great target practice, just saying.
Whatever the reason for the malfunction, Phobos-Ground is set to head back to Earth around the 15th of January, which will be a bit dicey considering how much fuel it has on-board. It sounds a bit like Russia’s blaming the dog for eating its homework. In reality its more likely that obsolete equipment, funding cut backs and an ageing workforce are to blame, which Russian space officials have already admitted. Unlucky Russia, but don’t blame the rest of us if you can’t make your rockets work right, OK? [BuinessWeek]
This fad of blaming the US and 12 year olds is getting tiresome. Retired General? What the f**k does this douche know about the current top secret missions to give any opinion on the subject? It is being so overly used that soon people will be saying “my water pipe broke, I am surr it was either Obama or a 12 year old” This reply is not to you Sam just in general (not a retired general
)#minirant
P.S. the retired general should just relax and enjoy his vodka.
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