They were looking for the Iron-Sky but got intercepted
The russians are actually pretty good at space… although a lot of that was due to koralev inventing most of what they use… soyuz has been extremely successful. So I have no doubt they can get to the moon… hopefully next time at a speed that doesn’t pancake the ship…
“All Russia-hating Nazis were eliminated at the crash site.”
A couple years back, Putin promised to put a Russian on the moon. A good question is “with what rocket?”
Turns out, an even better question is “with what communications system?” A factor in this crash is that they lack a round-the-world comm system. They can only communicate when the moon is visible over Russia. It’s a big country, of course, but not big enough for 24/7 communication.
A good question is “with what rocket?”
Probably Yenisei which unfortunately had its development paused.
A factor in this crash is that they lack a round-the-world comm system.
They’ve had this with GLONASS for over a decade. For far-side communications, you need a single relay satellite like what China used for Chang’e-4. However, you don’t actually need either of those for many lunar missions. When the Americans sent humans to the moon, they just used radio waves that were picked up from various ground stations across the world.
GLONASS is a GPS navigation system, not a communication system. And the problem is not communicating with places on Earth, the problem is the lack of systems capable of communicating with the Moon.
Okay I guess they could build ground stations outside the country if more coverage was desired.
This is what happens when one vodka’s and drives.
