The theory that Russia’s Mars mission failed due to a U.S. radar is extremely “exotic,” Russian scientists said on Tuesday. RIA Novsoti
Did U.S. Radar Fry Russian Mars Probe? -- Washington Post
MOSCOW — Russian space officials are speculating that American radar may have zapped the failed Mars moon probe that fell into the ocean Sunday, a prominent Russia newspaper said Tuesday.
Russia has been trying to explain the spectacular and humiliating failure of the Phobos-Gunt probe ever since it got into trouble soon after its Nov. 9 launch.
Tuesday, the authoritative Kommersant newspaper, quoting an unnamed source, said a commission investigating the failure was considering whether the spacecraft was damaged shortly after the launch by flying through powerful radar signals from a U.S. installation in the Marshall Islands, which was tracking an asteroid.
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More News On Reports That U.S. Radar Brought Down A Russian Satellite
Russia to Test if U.S. Radar Downed Phobos Probe -- RIA Novosti
Russia to investigate if US radar inadvertently interfered with failed Mars moon probe -- Washington Post/AP
Russia investigates theory US radars caused probe crash -- The Telegraph
Russia asks if US radar ruined space probe -- Seattle PI/AP
Oops! Radar may have caused space crash -- Sydney Morning Herald
Russia to Test If U.S. Radar Affected Failed Space Probe -- Moscow Times
Did US radar down Russian Mars probe? -- RT News
Update: Russian scientists/officials are now discounting U.S. involvement in the crash .... calling it extremely "exotic".
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