Posted on 05/24/2008 4:04:40 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Russia tried and failed ,, we failed less than them and made it part of the time..
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/mars/explore_missions.html
“Fewer than half of the world’s attempts to land on the Red Planet have succeeded.”
“Is this legit, or is it more PC globalist crap? Who else but the US oF A has been sending craft to Mars? If I’m not aware of others I apologize, but this smacks of more globalist community crap to me...”
Actually Mars has been a frequent target of various countries’ probes: Russia (and earlier as the Soviet Union), the Europeans (with a failed British lander), and Japan have all sent missions there, with varying successes and failures.
For further info, see—
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Mars
Thanks! Seems as though the Soviets were sending stuff up just to have a footnote in history.
Also, take a look at http://www.google.com/mars/
Click on spacecraft for a list of missions and landing sites.
I don’t know where they got the ruples to... Mars is a tough shot any way ya cut it. The Brits and Beagle mission come to mind too.
and if you’re interested, there is also http://www.google.com/moon/
Thanks! Japan too.. That’s right.
Mars by 2050 or Bust!
We ought to have a habitable base on the moon by 2030.. and then build a good point of departure for Mars and beyond.
A NASA photo shows the Delta II rocket that carried the Phoenix Mars Lander in 2007 at Launch Pad 17-A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The historically less-than-50 percent odds of success loomed heavily as NASA scientists readied Saturday for the landing of the 420-million-dollar Phoenix spacecraft near Mars' frigid north pole. (AFP/NASA)
Well if Obama wins, forget about it..
http://www.molossia.org/pictures/venera14_1.jpg
Look up the Venera probes’ history.
Lets not be too reactionary. He's actually stated he would increase funding to NASA and science, and the other candidates have gone on record supporting this as well. This is a great day for science and I wish everyone at NASA the best of luck. Here's hoping it pulls through, the lander technology doesn't have the greatest track record as far as Mars is concerned.
Actually he would stop the mission to back to the Moon...
The Europeans tried and failed with the Beagle 2 lander. It was actually supposed to land in the same area as Phoenix but disappeared during its descent.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/05/mars_probe_prepares_for_tricky.html
My first Phoenix sterio glyph . . .
It's been a long dry spell . . .
:)
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