[BITList] 'Foreign Sabotage'

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      Russian Space Chief Blames 'Foreign Sabotage' For Recent Failures

      Published January 10, 2012

      | Associated Press

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        Michael Carroll

        Phobos-Grunt, the latest in a long list of failed space endeavors by the Russians, is pictured here burning up as it reenters the atmosphere (artist's impression).

      Some recent Russian satellite failures may have been the result of sabotage by foreign forces, Russia's space chief said Tuesday, in comments apparently aimed at the United States.

      Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin stopped short of accusing any specific country of disabling Russian satellites, but in an interview in the daily Izvestia he said some Russian craft had suffered "unexplained" malfunctions while flying over another side of the globe beyond the reach of his nation's tracking facilities.


      Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/10/russian-space-chief-claims-recent-failures-result-foreign-sabotage/#ixzz1j6jDtSyj





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