A space agency source told RIA Novosti that the upper-stage rocket and the satellites immediately disappeared from radio coverage, making it impossible to correct the trajectory.President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the Prosecutor General Yury Chaika to investigate the loss of the satellites and name the people responsible, the Kremlin said in a statement on its website late Sunday.
Putin's version of Eric Effing Holder. Presumably more effective at his job.
No news on the whereabouts of Bad Vlad's dog.
...Meanwhile, our brilliant President Barack Obama warns of a new Sputnik Moment for America. I suggest rather than look at Russia he read, say, Forbes. You know, people who came here.
...In Entrepreneurship We Trust
More. Obama's regulatory imperialism. In case you missed this graph. What's going to get us out of here, given this president.
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