In hindsight, what was the thought process behind launching IFT-1 on concrete

Have we seen OLM-2 yet?

Which way, spaceflight fan?

It’s crazy how many Soviet interplanetary probes just kind of died in transit to Mars or Venus. Or just a few days after entering orbit.

Watching DKiS’ Mars video. Did the soviets in the Mars programme lack quality control or something? Wtf all the probes had serious issues Gets weird because Venus went well “It’s easier to land on Venus tho!” Venera orbiters were huge successes. The Mars orbiters, not so much