They barely get funding for proper war equipments, I’m not surprised this happened. (To be clear, not doubting the Russian scientists skills in any way or form here, only their founding)

Edit: TIL, they’re hemorrhaging scientists like crazy, which doesn’t surprise me, just didn’t check beforehand

Today Russia learned that you can’t pilot a lunar lander using a TomTok GPS from 2007.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.

The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon’s south pole, but failed after encountering problems as it moved into its pre-landing orbit.

The spacecraft was scheduled to land on Monday to explore a part of the Moon which scientists think could hold frozen water and precious elements.

Roscosmos, Russia’s state space corporation, said on Sunday morning that it had lost contact with the Luna-25 shortly after 14:57pm (11:57 GMT) on Saturday.

“The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon,” it said in a statement.

Russia has been racing to the Moon’s south pole against India, whose Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is scheduled to land on there next week.

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Of course it did. I’m disappointed that I’m not surprised. I’m glad it was unmanned.

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If US can’t make it to south pole, these 3rd world countries will never be able to make it.