Gr.Viper 131 Posted January 17, 2012 The rockets are dropping like flies, but the Mars probe was too expensive to admit incompetence, so http://en.rian.ru/trend/phobos_grunt_2011/ the inexplicable malfunction of the Russian spacecraft could have been caused by “interference from a foreign technical facility.” The investigators said that they would stage an experiment where a model Phobos will be subjected to radiation similar to that from U.S. radars. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Stary 2,427 Posted January 17, 2012 yeah I heard the "rumors" over at ATS forums that Fobos was disabled by third-party country (namely US-China-India) They don't want us to discover that Fobos is in fact ancient space ship. Poor Richard. C. Hoagland Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr.Viper 131 Posted January 31, 2012 OK, the final official results are in. What did they come up with? Apparently the interplanetary probe's electronics were not shielded against space radiation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silverbolt 104 Posted January 31, 2012 What teh ufkc? they send a space craft without properly protection? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted January 31, 2012 Uh...yeah. Guess the probe would've been fine...had they never launched it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr.Viper 131 Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) Some blame it on counterfeit Chinese components being not up to spec. Didn't they find a high percent of those even in the US military avionics recently? http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2011/11/08/boeing-military-products-may-contain.html ... Ah, even funnier. 62% of electronic components in Fobos were reportedly made to industry spec, not space. Common sense explanation is that the launch was rushed. Edited January 31, 2012 by Gr.Viper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted January 31, 2012 Argh...I'm having Armageddon flashbacks!!! "All made in Taiwan!" Or in this case, probably Foxconn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+daddyairplanes 10,236 Posted February 1, 2012 they didn't hit it enough. have they forgotten how you fix things in Russian space program? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrench 9,847 Posted February 1, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPF0533Dw3A Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted February 1, 2012 I'm still gobsmacked at the idea of spinning Mir for gravity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrench 9,847 Posted February 1, 2012 I'm still gobsmacked at the idea of spinning Mir for gravity. Even worse ... they spun it up before FREEDOM and INDEPENDENCE docked ... that's frakking stuuupid!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
