Moon rocket blasts off, carrying Russia’s hope of first successful lunar landing since 1976 (www.theguardian.com)

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The Luna-25 mission will seek to land near the south pole of the moon, collecting geological samples from the area, and sending back data for signs of water or its building blocks, which could raise the possibility of a future human colony on the moon.

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[-] zhunk@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

I mean, on the bright side, there are worse ways they could have spent the money. But yeah, I'm not exactly praying for a stunning success for them.

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