Luna-25

[RizzoTheRat]

Loving this quote from Roscosmos after Luna-25 crashed

bbc said:

Preliminary findings showed that the 800kg lander had "ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon"

They've not had the most successful lunar history, with only about 1/3 of thier missions successful, compared to about 75% for the US. Given that it's thier first lunar mission in nearly 50 years, so basically nobody in the organisation has any experience of it, it's not a massive surprise, but I guess a little over hyped politically and given the Russian attitude towards failure could be catastrophic for Roscosmos.

Lets hope Chandrayaan-3 has more luck this week.

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Monday 21st August 09:01

[cuprabob]

RizzoTheRat said:

Loving this quote from Roscosmos after Luna-25 crashed
Preliminary findings showed that the 800kg lander had "ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon"

It's not quite as catchy as 'The Eagle Has Landed"

Edited by cuprabob on Monday 21st August 10:23

[President Merkin]

Amazed they didn't call it a successful strike on an American lunar biolab.