https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/15/phobos-grunt-might-be-coming-i/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:51:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/15/phobos-grunt-might-be-coming-i/#comment-490429 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:51:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/01/15/phobos-grunt-might-be-coming-i/#comment-490429 Extremely embarrassing for Russia. They’ve overlooked the small thing again for the sake of time. The ever-growing list of Russian space failures is beginning to get worrisome. What happens when a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying American astronauts explodes after launch? An international version of the Challenger disaster would rip our relationship with Russia apart again. They really need to get their act together!

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