Soviet Slip-Slidin'

Some recent Russian satellite failures may have been the result of sabotage by foreign forces, Russia's space chief said Tuesday, in comments apparently aimed at the United States.
Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin stopped short of accusing any specific country of disabling Russian satellites, but in an interview in the daily Izvestia he said some Russian craft had suffered "unexplained" malfunctions while flying over another side of the globe beyond the reach of his nation's tracking facilities.

Artist's impression of it going...well...down wards!

Ah, that old Soviet paranoia still cruises their veins; that coupled with the blame anyone out there first mentality. Perhaps Popovkin's about to get an invitation to walk out of his capsule without his slippers on. Do they actually believe their own nonsense? As almost everyone and their dog has something with wires sticking out circling the good earth, it would be just as easy for the Russians to knock out a few of their suspects' expensive space stuff. And where would that game get us? For a start, that would not be so good for the GPS generation who have never heard of a road map and have high expectations to babble bollocks on a cell all day long or text and tweet twaddle on their i-something 24/7.
Just cut your Ivans' vodka rations and breathalyse the lads and lassies as they come on their lets-build-a-space-rocket-shift. Actually...better make it before, during and after! I think you'll find that the solution to consistent failure is a lot nearer to home. (Artist: Michael Carroll).