Russia loses contact with satellites, space station - Polidicks

[url]http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/1258418/[/url] [quote]Russia on Wednesday lost the ability to send basic commands to most of its satellites and segment of the International Space Station following a power cable failure near Moscow. The Roscosmos space agency attributed the embarrassing malfunction to basic road repair work near the sprawling Korolyov mission control centre that sits within sight of one of Russia's most heavily-used highways. Officials said the problem may take at least 48 hours to fix and could therefore delay the November 19 return of three ISS members who are completing their four-month mission on board the floating international space lab. "Our specialists lack the ability to control the civilian satellites or send commands to the Russian segment of the ISS," RIA Novosti quoted an unidentified source in the Russian space industry as saying. "They can see the crew and can talk to them, but they cannot send any commands to the Russian segments." Russia has suffered a string of failed satellite launches and rocket losses in the past two years that prompted reshuffles at the very top of the country's once-proud space industry. But the agency has struggled to reform due to chronic underfunding and alleged corruption as well as a long-term inability to replace retiring Soviet-era specialists with fresh talent. [/quote]

some idiots probably drove into the pole while they were working on the lines.

Shit happens.

I found the rest of it [img]http://i.space.com/images/i/23651/iFF/orbital-debris-melrae-space-junk.jpg?1352912720[/img]

[QUOTE=lolo;38456820]I found the rest of it [img]http://i.space.com/images/i/23651/iFF/orbital-debris-melrae-space-junk.jpg?1352912720[/img][/QUOTE] so thats where that underground cable went.

Reverse the polarity!

Must be the aliens.

The workers involved in this embarrassment have been sent to the appropriated Gulag to realize their mistake on father land.

[QUOTE=ZenZill;38457115]The workers involved in this embarrassment have been sent to the appropriated Gulag to realize their mistake on father land.[/QUOTE] Unless Russia is more tolerant of transgenders than I thought, it's Motherland. Germany is the fatherland.

[QUOTE=Reds;38457433]Unless Russia is more tolerant of transgenders than I thought, it's Motherland. Germany is the fatherland.[/QUOTE] You can use either motherland or fatherland.

XCOM reference.

Guys you gotta boost the gain.

Swamp gas obviously

What It doesn't take much effort at all to signal stuff in orbit, in fact ham enthusiasts regularly use [I]the moon[/I] as a reflector. The russians don't have an extra 10 watt tranciever laying around?

The meteor blitzkrieg has begun.

They dont have any backup generators or anything for their mission control center?

Space Chechens.

[QUOTE=lolo;38456820]I found the rest of it [img]http://i.space.com/images/i/23651/iFF/orbital-debris-melrae-space-junk.jpg?1352912720[/img][/QUOTE] That's your standard Spacebuild server.

[QUOTE=demoguy08;38458391]What It doesn't take much effort at all to signal stuff in orbit, in fact ham enthusiasts regularly use [I]the moon[/I] as a reflector. The russians don't have an extra 10 watt tranciever laying around?[/QUOTE] Does vodka work as a transceiver? [SUB]oh god i'm so sorry please kill me[/SUB]

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Alien_vs._Predator_(2004)_-_Alien.jpg[/img] [I]COMRADE? COME IN COMRADE, GET OUT OF THE MAIN JUNCTION COMRADE![/I] [I]IT'S COMING STRAIGHT FOR YOU[/I] [B]WHERE CO- *SCREEEEEEEEEEEE*[/B] [B]*Static*[/B] Godspeed Ivan.

They fixed the cable. [editline]15th November 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;38460030]They dont have any backup generators or anything for their mission control center?[/QUOTE] It was a communications cable not a power cable.

[QUOTE=demoguy08;38458391]What It doesn't take much effort at all to signal stuff in orbit, in fact ham enthusiasts regularly use [I]the moon[/I] as a reflector. The russians don't have an extra 10 watt tranciever laying around?[/QUOTE] There's probably some fancy security encryption shit on it since it controls the ISS.

Goldeneye has been hi-jacked