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To: HiTech RedNeck
I’d want to send the first few to Mars unmanned to make sure it could be safely done.

There is a pretty lengthy list of planetary probes that never made it to Mars.

15 posted on 10/08/2009 6:33:01 AM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: Tallguy

A cursory look shows that the Rooskies had a lot of computer chip problems.


16 posted on 10/08/2009 6:37:30 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (ACORN: Absolute Criminal Organization of Reprobate Nuisances)
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