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Russia Botches Another Rocket Launch

Posted by Soulskill on from the at-least-they're-consistent dept.

astroengine writes "Three hours before a new crew arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, bringing the outpost back up to full staff for the first time in months, Russia racked up its fifth launch accident within a year. A Soyuz-2 rocket carrying a military communications satellite failed to reach orbit after blastoff from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia. The botched launch is again due to an upper-stage engine problem."

3 of 119 comments (clear)

  1. No Vodka! by oldhack · · Score: 2, Funny

    No more vodka for ruskies!

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    Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
    1. Re:No Vodka! by oldhack · · Score: 5, Funny

      Triple the vodka for ruskies!

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      Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
  2. Re:Why so angry? by CharlyFoxtrot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because if the Russians can't launch rockets anymore who are the US going to pay to send stuff into space for them ?

    "NASA is reportedly paying Russia $1.5 billion over the next five years to transport its astronauts to and from the International Space Station."

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