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minus-squarejustdoit@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80·11 months agoCan we take a moment to appreciate the very real possibility that the Soviet space program of the 50s would have been able to land a lunar probe better than the current Russian program? (Obligatory /s, space is hard and shit goes wrong sometimes)
minus-squareRhaedas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up43·11 months agoSpace is hard. The Moon surface is harder. Sorry.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoThey don’t call it hard vacuum for nothing
minus-squareИльдар@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·11 months agoIn USSR there were 16 successful and 17 unsuccessful missions to moon Yes it hard, its a rocket science
minus-squareoatscooplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-211 months agoWell, the Soviet space program of the 70s did put landers on the moon.
minus-squareRemavas@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoForget the moon, the USSR put probes on Venus (the Venera missions).
minus-squareTechmaster@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIn Soviet Russia the space probe IS the surface of the moon!
minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·11 months ago50s ussr was driven by personal ambition for position in a totalitarian society. No ambition is allowed in Russia now
Can we take a moment to appreciate the very real possibility that the Soviet space program of the 50s would have been able to land a lunar probe better than the current Russian program?
(Obligatory /s, space is hard and shit goes wrong sometimes)
Space is hard.
The Moon surface is harder.
Sorry.
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They don’t call it hard vacuum for nothing
In USSR there were 16 successful and 17 unsuccessful missions to moon Yes it hard, its a rocket science
Well, the Soviet space program of the 70s did put landers on the moon.
Forget the moon, the USSR put probes on Venus (the Venera missions).
In Soviet Russia the space probe IS the surface of the moon!
50s ussr was driven by personal ambition for position in a totalitarian society. No ambition is allowed in Russia now