FTA: engineers aren't yet sure why Phobos-Grunt's engine didn't ignite

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Missed it by that || much.

Humean_Nature: FTFA: "We will attempt to reboot the program," RIA Novosti reported Popovkin as saying.

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Try turning it off and on again.

Yeah...i tend to imagine the space program IT team is like my companies.

Me: "Ummm, IT? Yeah, my computer is on fire"
IT: "Try rebooting it"
Me: "Ok.....wait, what???r"

In post-communist Russia, Mars probes you!

/missed it by that much

The hatch just blew?

That's no moon.

/should have waited until the shields dropped

the grunt is stuck.

Don't believe the lies. The asteroid that passed last night was actually an alien spaceship. It shot the probe before it could leave orbit. Mars is hiding something... It didn't want its moons probed.

I understand a Phobos-grunt is what killed Elvis.

Harv72b: [www.wearysloth.com image 320x240]

"THIS is how we fix problem in the Russian Mars moon probe!"

Components. American components, Russian Components, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!

Do any of these words embarrass you?

Shoe

Megaphone

Phobos-Grunt


/Wankel Rotary Engine

I blame Peggy.

Well, thats what happens when you try to use Vodak as rocket fuel.

Is the probe plugged in sir or madam? You will have to reinstall Windows. Call back when that is finished.

Seriously, this is really too bad, it was going to be a great mission. They only had a short window to get underway from Earth orbit too, so unless they can fix it quickly the mission is toast. I wonder if any thought was given to a backup mission if they can get it started on a later date; probe an asteroid or something.

"I told you we should have put more than fave space-bucks worth in!"

Amos Quito: [www.illsquad.com image 396x300]

"I told you we should have put more than fave five space-bucks worth in!"

FTFM

/Barf!

I am so glad we have to rely on these guys to get our astronauts around. Brilliant stroke of genius by the Obama administration.

They should have sent Phobos-Apollo

That, or it's not a moon probe at all and was supposed to just go into earth orbit while everybody went "aw, gee whillikers".

"If Phobos-Grunt cannot be salvaged, it would mark the fourth straight Mars failure for Russia."

C'mon now, stuff keeps failing out! Ends up in orbit! They're building a secret orbital base and you people are falling for it!

C'mon, guys. This ain't exactly rocket science.

What's Russian for "d'oh!"?

Send up Tommy Lee Jones, Clint Eastwood, and Ben Affleck to fix it.


Leave Ben Affleck with the probe - just in case.

pxsteel: I am so glad we have to rely on these guys to get our astronauts around. Brilliant stroke of genius by the Obama administration.

Everyone has had plenty of Mars mission failure to go around. The US lost Mars polar lander, Mars climate explorer, the ESA lost their first mission Beagle. The Russians lost their previous Phobos missions too as I recall. Plenty of failure to go around on a hard point to make, although the Russians currently have quite a low batting average with Mars.

Just send up Bootsy and Catfish. If anyone knows how to fix The Grunt, it's them.

doctorguilty: What's Russian for "d'oh!"?

Bliat'

Amos Quito: Amos Quito: [www.illsquad.com image 396x300]

"I told you we should have put more than fave five space-bucks worth in!"

FTFM

/Barf!

// Not in here MR. It's a Mercedes

LewDux: doctorguilty: What's Russian for "d'oh!"?

Bliat'

Or "kiu"
/all other words - "ku"

Did anybody RTFA? It is still in orbit, and it still has all its fuel. If the problem is a software issue and not a hardware issue, they still have a chance.

"If Phobos-Grunt cannot be salvaged, it would mark the fourth straight Mars failure for Russia."

It's a good thing we have a strong domestic manned space program for our astronauts to use and won't be relying on Russian rockets to take them to the ISS. Oh, wait...

Missed it by thaaaaaaaaaaat much.



/hot like a whitehouse debriefing

Dr._Michael_Hfuhruhurr: I blame Peggy.

Darn, I came here to blame Peggy.

/shake shake shake

This sucks, I had hopes that Russia would get back into the space exploration game but it looks like not so much. After all, they haven't put anything beyond low earth orbit since 1988! So it would of been worth noting if they had done so with this mission, back to the drawing board.

KarmicDisaster: pxsteel: I am so glad we have to rely on these guys to get our astronauts around. Brilliant stroke of genius by the Obama administration.

Everyone has had plenty of Mars mission failure to go around. The US lost Mars polar lander, Mars climate explorer, the ESA lost their first mission Beagle. The Russians lost their previous Phobos missions too as I recall. Plenty of failure to go around on a hard point to make, although the Russians currently have quite a low batting average with Mars.

I am pretty sure they're 0/16. On the other hand the Soyuz rocket is the most reliable in the world.

Just curious, when (not if) they "Big Failure" a couple of our astronauts hitchhikers will they refund our $51 per seat?

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I loved that game. Can still smell some of the scratch-n-sniff spots too.... mmmmm....

Seraphym: "If Phobos-Grunt cannot be salvaged, it would mark the fourth straight Mars failure for Russia."

It's a good thing we have a strong domestic manned space program for our astronauts to use and won't be relying on Russian rockets to take them to the ISS. Oh, wait...

Eh, the Soyuz is pretty much reliable but lets hope the next Soyuz launch on the 13th goes a bit better. Granted, Russia did launch the last Progress spacecraft without it failing so its possible that it'll just be fine.

Actually not a bad result for the Russians. They have had a long list of spacecraft that failed to even achieve Earth orbit.