The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon's south pole.

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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.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      131·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        But would it be worth it if Russia did the same?

        (Though, this isn’t mentioning they targeted the moon because all their missions to other planets ended in total failure. This one did at least make it to it’s target, so that’s better than Russia has done in a long time. Their space program, along with their government and military, is a joke.)

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          12·
          1 year ago

          I suppose that depends on your opinions on the relative annoyingness of Russian nationalists vs Hindu Nationalists.

          Given that most Russian nationalists post in Russian and aren’t heavily present in English spaces, I find the Hindu nationalists to be more annoying.

          • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            So purely because you think they’re annoying… and you’re on hexbear where 90% of the comments are a stupid image instead of anything meaningful. Alright. I guess you’re probably an expert on annoying at this point so you’re opinion must be valid, right?

        • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          There are fascists among Russian nationalists, but they are not the people in power (e.g. darling martyr for western media, Navalny, is one). In India, the fascists are much more powerful. On that basis, I think the Russian ones would be bothersome but not as much so. Much better for it to be China, but they can’t do everything.