First of all the probes going to mars are NOT rockets, rockets are used to boost
the probes into space to put them on their way to their target, but they are not
inthemselves Rockets. Also a lot of things can go wrong at any point during the
trip or even the way down to the planet itself.


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"Mark" wrote in message
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Ok yesterday I was reading about the lost rockets going to mars and how 3/4
do not make it.
BUT this to me is a really big BUT 1/2 of the number were early soviet
rockets that blew up on lift-off
or going into orbit. And 1/2 of ours were early in the space program. If you
start around say 1972
we started getting much better at getting the stuff up there.

Personal I think the early one should not count if it vaporizes on the pad.
Its a learning curve thing.


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