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The declarations made by the Head of Roscosmos regarding the Phobos Grunt spacecraft are worrying (VIDEO)

Moscow, Russia - According to Vladimir Popovkin, it was still launched in space despite its failure risk

According to statements made by the Russian Space Agency Director Vladimir Popovkin to "Izvestia" and communicated today by "Ria Novosti," Russia seems to have launched the spacecraft Phobos Grunt despite the risk of mission failure in order to meet commitments made with China and Europe: “We were hostages to previously made decisions, we had commitments to the ESA (European Space Agency), which p...

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Rome, Italy, 01/10/2012 15:57
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