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Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon (www.bbc.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (70 children)

This but unironically. In general though, there is nothing more galling than liberals complaining about Russia. You made it this way. This is on you. First you destroy the soviet union, then you reconfigure the politics and economy of Russia, and then you have the audacity to complain about the very thing you caused.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (54 children)

Ah yes, well known liberal checks notes George Bush.

Russia cannibalised itself after the Soviet Union fell, didn't need any Western help there.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Please lookup the Shock Doctrine and educate yourself

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I'm not reading a pop politics book for you. Go read The Gulag Archipelago.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I have. But unlike a book about Boris Yeltsin's systemic hollowing out of the russian economy and the facilitation of this by the Americans, its hardly relevant.

Although if we are bringing up the gulag archipelago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is not on your side on the issues. Especially not issues like the yeltsin government, the west's influence on Russia and Russian sovereignty.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If that's your takeaway, you haven't.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

You really thinks that if I don't think the gulag archipelago is about the yeltsin government then I haven't read it? That's just sad dude. That's just really, really sad.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

lol fuck you I'm not eating vegitables. you go eat a pop tart

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

“Excuse me but my book was spawned at the beginning of time with no creator and thus no bias or agenda, and is a crystal of pure truth, and yours is poopy tankie peepee”

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

I don't care about antisemitic noblemen. His book is fake, and he's lucky he wasn't killed.