Thursday, January 26, 2012

Failed Mars Probe Crashed Near South America Coast

Reference: http://news.yahoo.com/failed-mars-probe-crashed-near-south-america-coast-180806769.html

Summary: Space junk experts have confirmed when and where the wayward Russian Mars Phobos-Grunt entered the atmosphere again and crashed to Earth. The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft fell from space ob January 15th and crashed near the South American coastline. According to a European Space Agency it probably fell into ocean waters. It could have, however, landed on land, but there have been no conformation about it. There is a very low chance that there was any destruction caused by it.

Critique: My thoughts on this, well I think it is bad because the Phobos-Grunt was supposed to be on Mars. It also could have caused damage is it had landed on land.

Impact: The impact of this occurrence is negative because it could have landed on land and caused damage.

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