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A video from the spacecraft spinning out of control.
AN UNMANNED RUSSIA cargo spacecraft ferrying supplies to the International Space Station is plunging back to Earth and apparently out of control, an official told AFP.
“It has started descending. It has nowhere else to go,” an official familiar with the situation said on condition of anonymity, speaking ahead of an official Russian space agency statement expected later in the day.
It is clear that absolutely uncontrollable reactions have begun.
Attempts to contact the unmanned Progress spacecraft have so far been unsuccessful.
A Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress M-27M spacecraft with supplies for the International Space Station successfully launched on Tuesday but communication with the vessel was lost soon afterwards.
The controllers had opted to change the flight plan and extend the vessel’s journey to two days instead of six hours in a bid to fix the glitch.
The ship had been scheduled to dock with the ISS, where the international crew of six people is awaiting the cargo, on April 30.
The next delivery to the ISS is planned by SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship on June 19.
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Sounds like someone has just watched the Unibomber on Netflix and got some ideas…
@ciaran kavanagh: more like the Zip Gun Bomber
“Police were considering whether racial hatred was a factor”. More like “Police were asked by the divisive media if they were considering whether racial hatred was a factor”
@JimmyMc: “divisive” media? You mean one asking an obvious question considering the background of the victims?
@JimmyMc: The profile of the victims would naturally lead to this suspicion.
@Brendan O’Brien: why would it naturally lead to that suspicion? Most crimes committed against people of colour are perpetrated by their fellow people of colour.
@Brad Carmichael: And racist crime/terrorism is also a thing, particularly in this era of far-right emboldenment.
@Brad Carmichael: Is white not a colour too?
@wrong side: no white is not a colour. Neither is black.
@Brendan O’Brien: so is Islamic terror maybe they were targeted for being christians ?, your usually one of the first telling everyone to wait for evidence.
@JimmyMc: Is that you Donald?
@Seamus Mc Meel: Is that you Maxine?
@Joey Navinski: whooosh…
@johnp: eh, Islamic terrorism is far_right terrorism silly.
God Bless the greatest country south of Canada and North of Mexico!
@Brad Carmichael: really, do Americans prefer to slaughter children in classrooms or is just some nut jobs
@Brad Carmichael: You really are an abominable person.Blocked,and reported.
$15,000.00 reward? Life is cheap there
No one calling for stricter parcel controls??
@Pat Cbar: purchase of explosives is already heavily restricted
Oh no our beloved Taoiseach is there.
In other news, it might rain on paddy’s day.
@Trevor Hayden: there’s now even talks of snow!
Arm everyone with parcel bombs. That should solve it
“No evidence of a terrorism link”
@Brendan Gordon: motive is needed to make that distinction
“Taoiseach Leo Varadkar joins Tesla founder Elon Musk, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, and onetime presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as speakers at the event.”
How did a socialist manage to get sandwiched in between this group of neo-liberals?
ANTIFA left wing terrorists by the looks of it
@Dylan Toback: care to elaborate?
$15,000.00 reward? Life is cheap there
Ban parcels
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