A commenter correctly points out the excessive media fascination with the demise of Phobus-Grunt (several posts back). I've noticed a touch of Schadenfreude in the English science press and blogosphere concerning the recent set-backs of the Russian space program, perhaps a reaction to the U.S.'s current reliance on Russia for access to the I.S.S. Add to that our perennial fascination with the possibility of random and/or exotic death (however unlikely) and whatever else you want to throw in the mix, and there you have a recipe for attention-grabbing headlines.
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Russian Mars probe meets inglorious end in Pacific
"Russia vowed Monday to expose the officials responsible for the failure of a Mars probe that the military said crashed into the Pacific Ocean after orbiting the Earth for more than two months..."Sent from my iPhone
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